[4] "Hypocrites, who from interested motives profess opinions which they
do not really believe, are probably rarer than is usually
supposed."--"Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe."
[5] A few years ago the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society
distributed pamphlets from their headquarters in Piccadilly, beginning
"Do not ask of your doctor his opinion on this matter, ask your
_conscience_," etc.
[6] This distinction is commonly made between conscience and the
intellectual faculty of reason; thus, when a man says, "My conscience
tells me," he usually means, "No _reason_ will deter me."
[7] Mormon leader and preacher, died in 1877, leaving seventeen wives.
[8] The establishment of _bona fide_ membership of either of the
above-mentioned religious societies (_inter alia_) by a "conscientious
objector" was recognized by Military Service Tribunals (acting under
official instructions) as sufficient cause for a verdict of exemption.
[9] "Rationalism in Europe," 1913 edition, p. 167.
[10] "Conscience, its Origin and Authority" (1915).
[11] "Conscience, its Origin and Authority," p. 150.
[12] "Orthodoxy," p. 137, quoted by G. L. Richardson.