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It was in her third year at Cambridge that she found the "moral courage", as she put it, to finally abandon the religious beliefs she had long been uneasy with. In the preface to her book ''Morals Without Religion'' ( 1955 ), she wrote, "a fresh, cleansing wind swept through the stuffy room that contained the relics of my religious beliefs. I let them go with a profound sense of relief, and ever since I have lived happily without them." Knight worked as a librarian, information officer and editor for the National Institute Of Industrial Psychology . With her husband Arthur Rex Knight , who she married in 1936, Knight wrote ''A Modern Introduction to Psychology'' ( 1948 ), which went through many editions. From 1936 - 1970 , Knight lectured in Psychology at the University Of Aberdeen , Scotland . An advocate of Scientific Humanism, Knight gave two short radio talks on the BBC Home Service in 1955 under the title ''Morals Without Religion''. The first talk was broadcast on 5 January and caused a storm of controversy. The ''Sunday Graphic'' headline described her as "The Unholy Mrs. Knight", and called her "a menace". EXTERNAL LINKS PUBLICATIONS
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