When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.

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Source: Bertrand Russell, Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays (1918), Chapter: 1: Mysticism and Logic.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself. - Bertrand Russell

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