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As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating the most absurd propositions with faces solemn as stupidity touched by fear. It is a part of their business to malign and vilify the , , , , Tyndalls, , , , and Drapers, and to bow with uncovered heads before the murderers, adulterers, and persecutors of the world. They are, for the most part, engaged in poisoning the minds of the young, prejudicing children against science, teaching the astronomy and geology of the bible, and inducing all to desert the sublime standard of reason.
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prejudice
mind
world
stupidity
reason
fear
adulterers
alexander-humboldt
children-science
david-hume
draper
ernst-haeckel
haeckel
herbert-spencer
humboldt
hume
john-draper
john-william-draper
persecutors
propositions
spencer
theologian
vilify
wilhelm-humboldt
wilhelm-von-humboldt
alexander-von-humboldt
murderers
astronomy
charles-darwin
theologians
geology
afterlife
theology
darwin
paine
thomas-paine
voltaire
sublime
knowledge
power
poison
john-tyndall
tyndall
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Throughout this book I have tried to point out why interest, especially as it has been used by people such as Hume, Smith, Tocqueville, and Weber, is still a very useful concept. One reason why the concept of interest imparts a distinct dynamic to the analysis is that it is mainly interest which makes people takes action. It supplies the force that makes people get up at dawn and work very hard throughout the day. Combined with interests of others, it is a force that can move mountains and create new societies.
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alexis-de-tocqueville
economic-sociology
max-weber
david-hume
interest
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