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About this quote

What does it mean?
Teaching doubt leads to a metaphorical imprisonment in death.
In plain terms
Teaching doubt traps you in the grave.
What can you take from it?
Nurture faith to avoid stagnation.

Where it applies

  • teaching
  • religious instruction
  • personal belief

Putting it to work

  • encourage belief
  • question carefully
  • avoid cynicism

Questions to consider

  • Is doubt always harmful?

Another view

It equates doubt with spiritual death definitively.

More from William Blake

  1. Every tear from every eye Becomes a babe in eternity.

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  3. Man was made for joy and woe, And when this we rightly know Through the world we safely go.

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