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pst.000020203214-02	nan	The Dial  v.68 Jan.-Jun	1920		.txt	text/plain	51736	2453	73	There are two ways in which our natural beliefs are corrected: one the contact with fact, as when we mistake a poisonous fungus for a mushroom and suffer pain in consequence; the other, when our beliefs conflict, not directly with objective fact, but with the opposite beliefs of other men. The representation of nature as a friend, and sometimes as even an ally in our strug- gles with other men, obscures the true position of man in the world, and diverts his energies from the pursuit of scientific power, which is the only fight that can bring long-continued well-being to the human race.	cache/pst.000020203214-02.txt	txt/pst.000020203214-02.txt