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“Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.”

Humans Made Dies Force Attention Subjects Mankind Honest Degrees Prejudice Innovation Productions Unconscious Consideration New Things Human Wisdom Early Death

Author:Bill Vaughan

“The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.”

Way Reason Light Government Lying Passion Subjects Design Prejudice Dues Consideration Remove Rhetoric

Book:A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

Source: A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

“How prone we are to come to the consideration of every question with heads and hearts pre-occupied! How prone to shrink from any opinion, however reasonable, if it be opposed to any, however unreasonable, of our own! How disposed are we to judge, in anger, those who call upon us to think, and encourage us to enquire! To question our prejudices seems nothing less than sacrilege; to break the chains of our ignorance, nothing short of impiety!”

Ifs Thinking Heart Seems Opinion Break Ignorance Judging Prejudice Chains Reasonable Consideration Shrinks Unreasonable Head And Heart Sacrilege

Book:Course of popular lectures

Source: Course of popular lectures

“We have been saying, Lucy, that 'tis the strangest thing in the world people should quarrel about religion, since we undoubtedly all mean the same thing; all good minds in every religion aim at pleasing the Supreme Being; the means we take differ according to where we are born, and the prejudices we imbibe from education; a consideration which ought to inspire us with kindness and indulgence to each other.”

People World Should Mind Mean Has Beens Religion Women Born Kindness Inspire Ought Prejudice Aim Supreme Consideration Quarrels Indulgence Lucy Supreme Being Good Mind

Book:The History of Emily Montague

Source: The History of Emily Montague

“Mistakes and prejudices are as interesting as anything else. They reveal a lot about the mind set and culture of the time under consideration.”

Mind Culture Interesting Mistake Prejudice Consideration Mind Set

Author:Sean Michael Wilson

“Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.”

Ends Humanity Language Views Diversity Prejudice Selfishness Welfare Consideration Brotherhood Nationality Unity In Diversity Pragmatism

Author:John Amos Comenius

“The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases.”

Persons Problem Effects Prejudice Cameras Analysis Consideration Reporters Courtroom

Author:Lance Ito

“In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords against cold weather and rain.... the demand for goods is widely influenced by metaphysical, religious, and ethical considerations, by aesthetic value judgments, by customs, habits, prejudice, tradition, changing fashions, and many other things.”

Source: Human Action