Quote#Truth
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful,…
Quote byHarriet Beecher Stowe · 1811–1896
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to William Lloyd Garrison (1853)..
English (original)
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry. I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place, because, such as it is, it is better than nothing.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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