He must become as a little child. Prejudices, preconceived opinions, and beliefs always stand in the way of true wisdom.
Conceited opinions are always suicidal in their influences.
They bar the door to the entrance of truth. Instead of actively aiding in the progress of the world, they are as so many dead sticks in the way that would retard the wheels of progress. This, however, they can never do. Such always in time get bruised, broken, and left behind, while God's triumphal car of truth moves steadily onward. And the interesting feature of the whole matter was that the very first steam vessel that made the trip from England to America, had among its cargo a part of the first edition of this carefully prepared pamphlet.