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None Of The Miracles With Which Ancient Histories Are Filled, Occurred Under Scientific Conditions. Observation Never Once Contradicted, Teaches Us That Miracles Occur Only In Periods And Countries In Which They Are Believed In And Before Persons Disposed To Believe In Them.

The Only Way Of Salvation For The World Is By Returning To Thy Allegiance.... Firm In My Faith, I Shall Have Force To Withstand My Evil Counsellors, My Skepticism, Which Leads Me To Doubt Of The People, My Restless Spirit Which, After Truth Has Been Brought To Light, Impels To Go On Searching For It.

The Prayer Of The Agnostic: "o God, If There Is A God, Save My Soul If I Have A Soul."

It Is Evident, Indeed, That Such A Doctrine, Taken By Itself In A Literal Manner, Had No Future. The World, In Continuing To Exist, Caused It To Crumble. One Generation Of Man At The Most Was The Limit Of Its Endurance. The Faith Of The First Christian Generation Is Intelligible, But The Faith Of The Second Generation Is No Longer So. After The Death Of John, Or Of The Last Survivor, Whoever He Might Be, Of The Group Which Had Seen The Master, The Word Of Jesus Was Convicted Of Falsehood.

As A Rule, All Heroism Is Due To A Lack Of Reflection, And Thus It Is Necessary To Maintain A Mass Of Imbeciles. If They Once Understand Themselves The Ruling Men Will Be Lost.