Fear paralyzes the brain. Progress is born of courage. Fear
believes--courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and
prays--courage stands erect and thinks. Fear retreats--courage
advances. Fear is barbarism--courage is civilization. Fear believes
in witchcraft, in devils and in ghosts. Fear is religion--courage
is science.
There are real crimes enough without creating artificial ones. All
progress in legislation has for centuries consisted in repealing
the laws of the ghosts.
--_Robert Ingersoll._
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