Human motives / by James Jackson Putnam.

  • James Jackson Putnam
Date:
1915
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Credit: Human motives / by James Jackson Putnam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    knowledge the supremacy of tliis influence in our lives. I am well aware that the church, with all that it implies, is a place where reason and rational emotion find themselves side by side with passion and superstition. If, however, — or in so far as, — religion is the expression of the truth, it expresses the most important asj^cct of the truth; and to support it strenuously in its best form is an essential preliminary to the elimination of its abuses. To some people the religious feeling comes without effort and gives a joy and sense of dignity to daily life. But there are others who can only believe what they can classify in accordance with the kind of evidence that they arc in the habit of employing, and who therefore set aside the claims of religion altogether, as founded on sentiment alone. Even at the best, they feel, the religious standard could be of no especial value except as fostering good conduct and loyalty of purpose.
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