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The Central Opposition Between Magic And Science Is The Opposition Between Power And Knowledge.

Dissent Is The Native Activity Of The Scientist, And It Has Got Him Into A Good Deal Of Trouble In The Last Years. But If That Is Cut Off, What Is Left Will Not Be A Scientist. And I Doubt Whether It Will Be A Man.

Certainty Ends Inquiry.

By The Worldly Standards Of Public Life, All Scholars In Their Work Are Of Course Oddly Virtuous. They Do Not Make Wild Claims, They Do Not Cheat, They Do Not Try To Persuade At Any Cost, They Appeal Neither To Prejudice Nor To Authority . . .

There Are Two Parts To The Human Dilemma. One Is The Belief That The End Justifies The Means. That Push-button Philosophy, That Deliberate Deafness To Suffering, Has Become The Monster In The War Machine. The Other Is The Betrayal Of The Human Spirit: The Assertion Of Dogma That Closes The Mind, And Turns A Nation, A Civilization, Into A Regiment Of Ghosts--obedient Ghosts Or Tortured Ghosts.