When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.

(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind

But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way — it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.

What we do modifies us more than what is done to us.

We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.

Legitimate sex-competition brings out all that is best in man.

If we once admit that our life is here for the purpose of race-improvement, then we question any religion which does not improve the race, or the main force of which evaporates, as it were, directing our best efforts toward the sky.... Improvement in the human race is not accomplished by extracting any number of souls and placing them in heaven, or elsewhere. It must be established on earth, either through achievement in social service, or through better children.