APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS
Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. That principle is of great antiquity; it is as old as Socrates \ as old as the writer who said, “Try all things, hold fast by that which is good”; it is the foundation of the Reformation, which simply rllustrate*l the axiom that every man should he able to give reason for the faith that is in him ; it is the great principle of Descartes; it is the fundamental axiom of modern science. Positively the principle may be expressed:' In matters of intellect, follow your reason as fast as. it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which ar: not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have iu stole foi him.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1931, Page 4
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181APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1931, Page 4
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