I Ask No Risen Dust To Teach

Nature Is Man's Religious Book, With Lessons For Every Day.

The Books Which Help You Most Are Those Which Make You Think The Most. The Hardest Way Of Learning Is By Easy Reading; Every Man That Tries It Finds It So. But A Great Book That Comes From A Great Thinker, — It Is A Ship Of Thought, Deep Freighted With Truth, With Beauty Too.

The Roman Christian Mythology (and Theology) Discourages The Vice Of Licentiousness, And So This Is Better Than The Heathen, But It Encourages Bigotry, Hypocrisy, Cant, And Many Another Vice Which The Older Mother Of Abominations Kept Clear From.

The Union Of Men In Large Masses Is Indispensable To The Development And Rapid Growth Of The Higher Faculties Of Men. Cities Have Always Been The Fireplaces Of Civilization Whence Light And Heat Radiated Out Into The Dark Cold World.

The Great Basis Of The Christian Faith Is Compassion; Do Not Dismiss That From Your Hearts, Neither Will Your Maker.