"What are the moral convictions most fondly held
by barbarous and semi-barbarous people?
They are the convictions that authority
is the soundest basis of belief;
that merit attaches to readiness to believe;
that the doubting disposition is a bad one,
and skepticism is a sin." | Quote by: | |
Source: | On The Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge,1866 |
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