We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
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No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.William Kingdon Clifford
If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest.
William Kingdon Clifford
If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.
William Kingdon Clifford
When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.
William Kingdon Clifford
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
William Kingdon Clifford
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