1st Earl of Minto

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    The best way to compel weak-minded people to adopt our opinion, is to frighten them from all others, by magnifying their danger.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.
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