Famous quotes containing the words james and/or england:
“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error—that is your faith-vetoer’s exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)