No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

I am a rank individualist.

Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses.

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects.

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

This world of ours has been constructed like a superbly written novel: we pursue the tale with avidity, hoping to discover the plot.