"Spurn not at seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth; And beware of seeming truths that grow on the roots of error."
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"NO error is infused into the young mind, to lie there dormant, or to be reproduced only when the subject of thought or action recurs to which the error belongs; but the error becomes a model or archetype, after whose likeness the active powers of the mind create a thousand other errors."
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"No combatants are so unequally matched as when one is shackled with error, while the other rejoices in the self-demonstrability of truth."
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"A religious symbol does not rest on any opinion. And error belongs only with opinion. One would like to say: This is what took place here; laugh, if you can."
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