The Word Heretic Ought To Be A

Is Poverty Of Spirit The Chief Amongst Virtues, That Jesus Gives It Prime Place In His Teachings? Is It Even A Virtue At All? Surely Not. Manliness Of Spirit, Honesty Of Spirit, Fullness Of Rightful Purpose, These Are Virtues; Poverty Of Spirit Is A Crime.

I Do Not Deny God, Because That Word Conveys To Me No Idea, And I Cannot Deny That Which Presents To Me No Distinct Affirmation, And Of Which The Would-be Affirmer Has No Conception. I Cannot War With A Nonentity. If, However, God Is Affirmed To Represent An Existence Which Is Distinct From The Existence Of Which I Am A Mode, And Which It Is Alleged Is Not The Noumenon Of Which The Word I Represents Only A Speciality Of Phenomena, Then I Deny God, And Affirm That It Is Impossible God Can Be.

I Know Not What You Mean By God; The Word God Is To Me A Sound Conveying No Clear Or Distinct Affirmation.

Is It Not Gain To Have Diminished The Faith That It Was The Duty Of The Wretched And The Miserable To Be Content With The Lot In Life Which Providence Had Awarded Them?

The Word Heretic Ought To Be A Term Of Honour.