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In a happier and halcyon time, when peace and personal hopes for the future were reasonably assured, people generally were satisfied with the religious pabulum they received, or the irreligious indifference they acquired, or the outright atheism they fell into. Few were able to create any interest in a mystical or philosophical teaching of this kind; it was indeed regarded as of no importance and of no value. The popular attitude was a comfortable one and, in its own estimation, a sensible one. Consequently, such teachings were left to the study of supposed cranks and neurotics as well as to the uneducated credulity.

-- Notebooks Category 12: Reflections > Chapter 4 : Reflections On Truth > # 153