You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on.
Benjamin FranklinSome volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Benjamin Franklin