Prejudice a Stumbling Block

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Mark 2:12

And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying…

Theories are the nuisances of science: the rubbish that must be swept away that the precious facts may be made bare. If you go to the study of a subject, saying to yourself, "This is how the matter must shape itself," having beforehand made up your mind what the facts ought to be, you will have put in your own way a difficulty more severe than the subject itself could place there. Prejudice is the stumbling block of advance.

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