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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom, in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.?
In An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish (1943), 23.
See also: | Beginning (11) | Conquer (2) | Endeavour (7) | Fear (24) | Life (155) | Pursuit (7) | Superstition (23) | Truth (241) | Wisdom (43)
Pope has elegantly said a perfect woman's but a softer man. And if we take in the consideration, that there can be but one rule of moral excellence for beings made of the same materials, organized after the same manner, and subjected to similar laws of Nature, we must either agree with Mr. Pope, or we must reverse the proposition, and say, that a perfect man is a woman formed after a coarser mold.
Letter XXII. 'No Characteristic Difference in Sex'. In Letters on Education with Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects (1790), 128.
See also: | Excellence (3) | Law Of Nature (6) | Man (112) | Material (2) | Mold (5) | Moral (11) | Alexander Pope (12) | Proposition (8) | Reverse (2) | Woman (18)
