In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.

Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.

The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war.

There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution.

The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.