p. 16 | The Unreasonableness of Prejudice

International Tract and Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jul 15, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 27.

The Unreasonableness of Prejudice

THE most unreasonable thing in the world is prejudice. This is the reason why it is so difficult to overthrow it. If a false accusation against any person is based upon circumstantial evidence, the charge may easily be disproved by showing the fallacy of the supposed evidence. In that case, the one who made the charge, upon what he supposed to be good evidence, will readily retract it. But prejudice is not based upon argument, therefore argument will not meet it. After any amount of argument, the prejudice will still exist. The only thing that will remove prejudice is a change of heart on the part of the prejudiced person.