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What may be myth in one world may always be fact in some other.

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If all the world were Christian, it might not matter if all the world were educated. But a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exis...more

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It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

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I had rather that the human race, having a certain quality in their lives, should continue for only a few centuries than that, losing freedom, friends...more

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I enjoy writing fiction more than writing anything else. Wouldn't anyone?

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Everyone reads, everyone hears things discussed. Consequently, if you do not listen to Theology, that will not mean that you have no ideas about God. ...more

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You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.

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An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical Rea...more

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If my duty to my parents is a superstition, then so is my duty to posterity. If justice is a superstition, then so is my duty to my country or my race...more

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What does seem to me poisonous, what breeds a type of patriotism that is pernicious if it lasts but not likely to last long in an educated adult, is t...more