The Custom Of Burning A Beneficent God

If Mankind Had Always Been Logical And Wise, History Would Not Be A Long Chronicle Of Folly And Crime.

The Moral World Is As Little Exempt As The Physical World From The Law Of Ceaseless Change, Of Perpetual Flux.

The Abundance, The Solidity, And The Splendor Of The Results Already Achieved By Science Are Well Fitted To Inspire Us With A Cheerful Confidence In The Soundness Of Its Method.

For Extending Its Sway, Partly By Force Of Arms, Partly By The Voluntary Submission Of Weaker Tribes, The Community Soon Acquires Wealth And Slaves, Both Of Which, By Relieving Some Classes From The Perpetual Struggle For A Bare Subsistence, Afford Them An Opportunity Of Devoting Themselves To That Disinterested Pursuit Of Knowledge Which Is The Noblest And Most Powerful Instrument To Ameliorate The Lot Of Man.

This Doctrine Of Transmigration Or Reincarnation Of The Soul Is Found Among Many Tribes Of Savages