A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.
E. W. HoweThere is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.
E. W. HoweThe worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
E. W. HoweMost people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
E. W. HoweIndignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.
E. W. HoweHow good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.
E. W. HoweNone of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
E. W. HoweFaith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.
E. W. HoweThe government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them.
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