“The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”
William Osler (1849–1919) Canadian pathologist, physician, educator, bibliophile, historian, author, cofounder of Johns Hopkins Hospi…
Chauvinism in Medicine (1902), p. 696
“The greater their ignorance, the stronger their opinions.”
— Ken Follett, book Edge of Eternity
Source: Edge of Eternity
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Context: It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.
