The Writings of John Burroughs. [, volume 11
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We gravitate naturally to this opinion or to that, to conservatism or to radicalism, to realism or to idealism, and we seek for reasons that favor out course. Considera- tions that are of great force with certain types of mind are of little or no force with certain other types.
Reasons that confirm what we already believe or want to believe, how forcible they are ! But if they point the other way, how lightly we esteem them I Reason is like the compass which the sailor takes to sea with him and... to which he constantly refers in keeping his course, but which has nothing to do in determining that course. Every man goes his own way, and of the agents that determine him in any given direction, whether original bent, inherited traits, the influence of his training or of his environ- ment, he is but dimly conscious; his reason is the 147 Digitized by LjOOQ IC THE LIGHT OF DAY conscious instrument by which he tries to steer on his predetermined way.
Hence it is that Cardinal Newman says that in his going over to Rome it was not logic that carried him on ; " as well might one say that the quicksilver in the barometer changes the weather.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
We gravitate naturally to this opinion or to that, to conservatism or to radicalism, to realism or to idealism, and we seek for reasons that favor out course. Considera- tions that are of great force with certain types of mind are of little or no force with certain other types.
Reasons that confirm what we already believe or want to believe, how forcible they are ! But if they point the other way, how lightly we esteem them I Reason is like the compass which the sailor takes to sea with him and... to which he constantly refers in keeping his course, but which has nothing to do in determining that course. Every man goes his own way, and of the agents that determine him in any given direction, whether original bent, inherited traits, the influence of his training or of his environ- ment, he is but dimly conscious; his reason is the 147 Digitized by LjOOQ IC THE LIGHT OF DAY conscious instrument by which he tries to steer on his predetermined way.
Hence it is that Cardinal Newman says that in his going over to Rome it was not logic that carried him on ; " as well might one say that the quicksilver in the barometer changes the weather.
What to read after The Writings of John Burroughs. [, volume 11?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 to read onlineMoreLess
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