The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.


Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon Clifford (ed. 1879)

William Kingdon Clifford Quotes

The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose...

The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose...

The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose...

The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose...