“In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.”
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Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.
No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.
I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.