"The Ethics of Belief," Part 1 "The Duty of Inquiry," Lecture, London (11 Apr 1876) - Clifford, William Kingdon | WIST Quotations
If I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I…