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Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 7, 5 October 1908, Page 7

Agnosticism is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. That principle is of great anti uity ; it is as old as Socrates ; as old as the writer who said, “Try all things, hold fast by that which is good it is the foundation of the Reformation* which simply illustrated the axiom that every man should be able to give a reason for the faith that is fn him ; it is tho fundamental axiom ... of modern science. Positively tho principle may be expressed—ln matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively —ln matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.—Professor Huxley.