"We too often forget that not only is there "a soul of goodness in things evil," but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous."
— Herbert Spencer

January 1, 1970

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Pt. I, The Unknowable; Ch. I, Religion and Science; quoting from "There is some soul of goodness in things evil / Would men observingly distil it out", William Shakespeare, Henry V, act iv. sc. i