The Mind in the Making, ch. 4 "Rationalizing" (1921) - Robinson, James Harvey | WIST Quotations
Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions; indeed, we have a natural repugnance to so doing. We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon any of our…