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> [The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/the-philosophic-spirit-of-inquiry-may-be-traced-to-brute-curiosity-2/)

[William Winwood Reade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-winwood-reade/)

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## More by William Winwood Reade

> [The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/the-philosophic-spirit-of-inquiry-may-be-traced-to-brute-curiosity/)

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> [And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/and-then-the-earth-being-small-mankind-will-migrate-into-space-and/)

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> [Reade was an emancipating writer because he seemed to speak as man to man to resolve history into an intelligible pattern in which there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/reade-was-an-emancipating-writer-because-he-seemed-to-speak-as-man-to/)

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> [What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/what-a-state-of-society-is-this-in-which-freethinker-is-a-term-of/)

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> [Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/artistic-genius-is-an-expansion-of-monkey-imitativeness/)

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> [If Christianity were true religious persecution would become a pious and charitable duty: if God designs to punish men for their opinions it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/if-christianity-were-true-religious-persecution-would-become-a-pious/)

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> [Open the book of universal history at what period we may, it is always the India trade which is the cause of internal industry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/open-the-book-of-universal-history-at-what-period-we-may-it-is-always/)

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> [It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/it-is-a-sure-criterion-of-the-civilisation-of-ancient-egypt-that-the/)

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> [A day will come when the European god of the nineteenth century will be classed with the gods of Olympus and the Nile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/a-day-will-come-when-the-european-god-of-the-nineteenth-century-will/)

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> [To cultivate the intellect is therefore a religious duty; and when this truth is fairly recognized by men, the religion which teaches that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/to-cultivate-the-intellect-is-therefore-a-religious-duty-and-when/)

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> [Christians believe themselves to be the aristocracy of heaven upon earth, they are admitted to the spiritual court, while millions of men in foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/christians-believe-themselves-to-be-the-aristocracy-of-heaven-upon/)

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> [As a single atom man is an enigma: as a whole he is a mathematical problem. As an individual he is a free agent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/as-a-single-atom-man-is-an-enigma-as-a-whole-he-is-a-mathematical/)

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> [A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/a-religion-so-cheerless-a-philosophy-so-sorrowful-could-never-have/)

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> [The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/the-philosophic-spirit-of-inquiry-may-be-traced-to-brute-curiosity-2/)

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> [Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/men-prefer-to-believe-that-they-are-degenerated-angels-rather-than/)

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