<h2><SPAN name="page156"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>‘CREDULITY’</h2>
<p class="poetry">If fallacies come knocking at my door,<br/>
I’d rather feed, and shelter full a score,<br/>
Than hide behind the black portcullis, doubt,<br/>
And run the risk of barring one Truth out.</p>
<p class="poetry">And if pretension for a time deceive,<br/>
And prove me one too ready to believe,<br/>
Far less my shame, than if by stubborn act,<br/>
I brand as lie, some great colossal Fact.</p>
<p class="poetry">On my soul’s door, the latch-string hangs
outside;<br/>
Within, the lighted candle. Let me guide<br/>
Some errant follies, on their wandering way,<br/>
Rather, than Wisdom give no welcoming ray.</p>
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