Nature Is Man's Religious Book, With Lessons

The Use Of Great Men Is To Serve The Little Men, To Take Care Of The Human Race, And Act As Practical Interpreters Of Justice And Truth.

Yet, If He Would, Man Cannot Live All To This World. If Not Religious, He Will Be Superstitious. If He Worship Not The True God, He Will Have His Idols.

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 Miraculous Revelation Of The Old Testament And The New, The Miracles Of Famous Men, Jews, Gentiles, Or Christians, — Then Franklin Had No Religion At All; And It Would Be An Insult To Say That He Believed In The Popular Theology Of His Time, Or Of Ours, For I Find Not A Line From His Pen Indicating Any Such Belief.

The Whole Sum And Substance Of Human History May Be Reduced To This Maxim: That When Man Departs From The Divine Means Of Reaching The Divine End, He Suffers Harm And Loss.