STATEMENTS BY PROFESSOR
Sir,—Professor Anderson’s views are years out of date, suitable only for people like the Russians, who are just beginning to find themselves. Religious teaching does not induce credulity; it canalises and controls credulities which already form part of the mental make-up of the majority. Long ago an English public schoolmaster made this point to me: his opinion was that most intelligent boys discard religious belief as soon as they begin to think for themselves, and thus they acquire a healthy scepticism on all subjects; but they also learn to keep their beliefs to
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23944, 11 May 1943, Page 6
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