Heredity Is Nothing But Stored Environment.

If You Violate Nature's Laws You Are Your Own Prosecuting Attorney, Judge, Jury, And Hangman.

A Theory Of Personal Resurrection Or Reincarnation Of The Individual Is Untenable When We But Pause To Consider The Magnitude Of The Idea. On The Contrary, I Must Believe That Rather Than The Survival Of All, We Must Look For Survival Only In The Spirit Of The Good We Have Done In Passing Through.once Obsolete, An Automobile Is Thrown To The Scrap Heap. Once Here And Gone, The Human Life Has Likewise Served Its Purpose. If It Has Been A Good Life, It Has Been Sufficient. There Is No Need For Another.

Let Us Read The Bible Without The Ill-fitting Colored Spectacles Of Theology, Just As We Read Other Books, Using Our Own Judgment And Reason, Listening To The Voice Within, Not To The Noisy Babel Without. Most Of Us Possess Discriminating Reasoning Powers. Can We Use Them Or Must We Be Fed By Others Like Babes?

As A Scientist I Cannot Help Feeling That All Religions Are On A Tottering Foundation. None Is Perfect Or Inspired. As For Their Prophets, There Are As Many Today As Ever Before, Only Now Science Refuses To Let Them Overstep The Bounds Of Common Sense.

Do Not Feed Children On A Maudlin Sentimentalism Or Dogmatic Religion; Give Them Nature. Let Their Souls Drink In All That Is Pure And Sweet. Rear Them, If Possible, Amid Pleasant Surroundings ... Let Nature Teach Them The Lessons Of Good And Proper Living, Combined With An Abundance Of Well-balanced Nourishment. Those Children Will Grow To Be The Best Men And Women. Put The Best In Them By Contact With The Best Outside. They Will Absorb It As A Plant Absorbs The Sunshine And The Dew.