Will any one, save the most bigoted, contend, that it is not certain gain to humanity to spread unbelief in the terrible doctrine that eternal torment is the probable fate of the great majority of the human family?

Is poverty of spirit the chief amongst virtues, that Jesus gives it prime place in his teachings? Is it even a virtue at all? Surely not. Manliness of spirit, honesty of spirit, fullness of rightful purpose, these are virtues; poverty of spirit is a crime.

There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion.

[That] my body be buried as cheaply as possible and no speeches be permitted at my funeral.

Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.

Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in the virtuous act itself immediate good is insured to the doer and the circle surrounding him.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.