Prejudice

Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity — these three — and a place in society where not one of these can be exercised? ~ Florence Nightingale

Story of Prejudice

A student once went up to a well-known evangelist and said, “I’ve made up my mind, don’t confuse me with facts!”

The wise evangelist replied,”There is nothing so deadly as a closed mind,” and then proceeded to tell this story. “There was a man who once thought that he was dead. Nothing that his parents, doctors, friends or psychiatrists could do could persuade him otherwise. One psychiatrist, however, worked out a plan of action. After studying together a medical textbook he managed to convince the man of one simple fact: dead men do not bleed.

“Yes, I agree,” said the man, “dead men do not bleed,” whereupon the psychiatrist plunged a small knife into the man’s arm and the blood started to flow. The man looked at his arm, his face white with astonishment and horror.

“Goodness me,” he said, “Dead men bleed after all!”