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Within My Own Life, I Read All The Beloved Novels By Lamps Of Vegetable Oil; I Saw The Standard Oil Invading My Own Village, I Saw Gas Lamps In The Chinese Shops In Shanghai; And I Saw Their Elimination By Electric Lights.

Another Important Historical Factor Is The Fact That This Already Very Simple Religion Was Further Simplified And Purified By The Early Philosophers Of Ancient China. Our First Great Philosopher Was A Founder Of Naturalism; And Our Second Great Philosopher Was An Agnostic.

The Rise Of The Dramas In The Thirteenth Century, And The Rise Of The Great Novels In A Later Period, Together With Their Frank Glorification Of Love And The Joys Of Life, May Be Called The Third Renaissance.

Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.

The Underlying Sickness Of Human Life Is An Unwillingness To Look With Open Eyes At The Condition Of The World.