There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. |