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Upon Quotes by William Kingdon Clifford
- Remember that [scientific thought] is the guide of action; that the truth which it arrives at is not that which we can ideally contemplate without…
- He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already…
- Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it.
- To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
- It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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