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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he

He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. – William Drummond, Academical Questions

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A just thinker will allow full swing to his scepticism. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot…. We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, 1860

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…the thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it… – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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