Part I. Temper. William Penn. 1909-14. Fruits of Solitude. The Harvard Classics

William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Part I

Temper


142. Nothing does Reason more Right, than the Coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the Heat of its Defenders, than from the Arguments of its Opposers.	1
143. Zeal ever follows an Appearance of Truth, and the Assured are too apt to be warm; but ’t is their weak side in Argument; Zeal being better shewn against Sin, than Persons or their Mistakes.	2