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“ I do not think anyone can read the letters which passed between Clarke and [Anthony] Collins without admitting that Collins, who writes with wonderful Power and closeness of reasoning, has by far the best of the argument, so far as the possible materiality of the soul goes; and that in this battle the Goliath of Freethinking overcame the champion of what was considered orthodoxy. ”

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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

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The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

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What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

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I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

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