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I hope our young men will not grow into such dodgers as these old men are. I believe everything that a young man says to me (p. 250).

— Benjamin Jowett

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Doubt comes in at the window, when Inquiry is denied at the door.

On the Interpretation of Scripture (1860)

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

Research! Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

Learn just enough of the subject [metaphysics] to enable your mind to get rid of it.

Notebooks (1984)

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

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