It is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed 150 years ago. The gradual emasculation of the Christian doctrine has been effected in spite of the most vigorous resistance, and solely as the result of the onslaughts of freethinkers.

Man can be scientifically manipulated.

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.

Every housemaid expects at least once a week as much excitement as would have lasted a Jane Austen heroine throughout a whole novel.

If everything has a cause, then God must have a cause. If there can be anything without a cause, it may just be the world as God.

Literature is inexhaustible, with every book a homage to infinity

Neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point.