Quote #19

'In hosts of minds, today, are impressions that the word 'eerie' means nothing except convenience to makers of crossword puzzles. There are gulfs of the unaccountable, but they are bridged by terminology.'

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  2. 'Everywhere is the tabooed, or the disregarded. The monks of science dwell in smuggeries that are walled away from event-jungles. Or some o…
  3. 'I can conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is anything more than the proper thing to wear, for a while.'
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  5. 'My own notion is that it is very unsportsmanlike to ever mention fraud. Accept anything. Then explain it your way.'
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  7. 'I cannot accept that the products of the mind are subject-matter for belief.'
  8. 'If there is a universal mind, must it be sane?'

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