It's a shame that his treasure is, at times, buried under such dense prose. Maybe he should read more [link|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/|Bertie] for inspiration.
"I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true."
:-)
Cheers,
Scott.