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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.

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Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful responsibility, that we should help to create the world in which posterity will live.

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The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.

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A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.

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To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

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We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost our way and do not know where to turn.

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An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.

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We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.

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In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts.

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When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Mathematician

Born: May 4th, 1845

Died: March 3rd, 1879

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