In those days it was not by the "persuasive words of human wisdom" that the crowds were gained over to Christ, but by a certain ostensio virtutis, by an experimental and not merely by a rational proof of the Gospel-a proof which, if it admitted of any kind of formulation, did not compel them in virtue of the logicality of its form.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
No more paradoxical situation has ever existed; and its oddity was enhanced by the usually clear-cut logicality of French political thought.
"The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)"
John Holland Rose
Once stated, the French mind with its intense lucidity and logicality saw the line of cleavage between old and new-divine right: or sovereignty of the people-and bade all men choose where they would stand.
"The Story of Paris"
Thomas Okey