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Any belief worth having must survive doubt
Any belief worth having must survive doubt
Doubt is the father of invention.
Doubt is the father of invention.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
 There lives more faith in honest doubt,
 Believe me, than in half the creeds.  
 There lives more faith in honest doubt,
 Believe me, than in half the creeds. 
 To be once in doubt
 Is once to be resolved.  
 To be once in doubt
 Is once to be resolved. 
 Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
 I may, although I care not read more 
 Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
 I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not. 
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
 Uncertain ways unsafest are,
 And doubt a greater mischief than despair.  
 Uncertain ways unsafest are,
 And doubt a greater mischief than despair. 
The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.