إن عواطفنا ومعتقداتنا أحكمُ منّا، وأفضلُ ما فينا أرفعُ من أن ندركه؛ لأنه قائمٌ فوق حدود التجربة، يهدينا معصوبي الأعين لكنّنا آمنون، من عصرٍ إلى عصر.
النص الأصلي بالإنجليزية
“Our affections and beliefs are wiser than we; the best that is in us is better than we can understand; for it is grounded beyond experience, and guides us, blindfold but safe, from one age on to another.”Robert Louis Stevenson — The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses (2015)
