Idle And Meaningless ... A Form Less

The Atheist Does Not Say 'there Is No God,' But He Says 'i Know Not What You Mean By God; I Am Without Idea Of God'; The Word 'god' Is To Me A Sound Conveying No Clear Or Distinct Affirmation. ... The Bible God I Deny; The Christian God I Disbelieve In; But I Am Not Rash Enough To Say There Is No God As Long As You Tell Me You Are Unprepared To Define God To Me.

The House, Being Strong, Should Be Generous ... But The Constituents Have A Right To More Than Generosity.... The Law Gives Me My Seat. In The Name Of The Law I Ask For It. I Regret That My Personality Overshadows The Principles Involved In This Great Struggle; But I Would Ask Those Who Have Touched My Life, Not Knowing It, Who Have Found For Me Vices Which I Do Not Remember In The Memory Of My Life, I Would Ask Them Whether All Can Afford To Cast The First Stone ... Then That, As Best Judges, They Will Vacate Their Own Seats, Having Deprived My Constituents Of Their Right Here To Mine.

Will Any One, Save The Most Bigoted, Contend, That It Is Not Certain Gain To Humanity To Spread Unbelief In The Terrible Doctrine That Eternal Torment Is The Probable Fate Of The Great Majority Of The Human Family?

The Word Heretic Ought To Be A Term Of Honour.

Idle And Meaningless ... A Form Less Solemn To Me Than The Affirmation I Would Have Reverently Made.