SAFETY IN KNOWLEDGE 67 



made that actual facts do not accord with these 

 highly sensational stories some companion perhaps, 

 who has not had these solemn warnings addressed 

 to him, eating some wayside fruit, and evidently 

 enjoying it, without coming at all to that grievous 

 damage that was to be anticipated. The period of 

 unquestioning faith then gives place to an equally 

 strong feeling of scepticism a state of things that 

 may really end in very considerable peril. The 

 path of safety lies in accurate knowledge alone. 



