Violence Sometimes May Have Cleared Away Obstructions

The Most Evident Difference Springs From The Important Part Which Is Played In Man By A Relatively Strong Power Of Imagination And By The Capacity To Think, Aided As It Is By Language And Other Symbolically Devices.

Communities Tend To Be Guided Less Than Individuals By Conscience And A Sense Of Responsibility. How Much Misery Does This Fact Cause Mankind! It Is The Source Of Wars And Every Kind Of Oppression, Which Fill The Earth With Pain, Sighs And Bitterness.

A Conflict Arises When A Religious Community Insists On The Absolute Truthfulness Of All Statements Recorded In The Bible. This Means An Intervention On The Part Of Religion Into The Sphere Of Science; This Is Where The Struggle Of The Church Against Doctrines Of Galileo And Darwin Belongs.

The Discovery Of Nuclear Reactions Need Not Bring About The Destruction Of Mankind Any More Than The Discovery Of Matches.

If I Can't Picture It, I Can't Understand It.