Religion has been compelled by science to give up one after another of its dogmas. . . .

It is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding how, under appropriate conditions, a cell may, in the course of untold millions of years, give origin to the human race.

The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination.

Music ministers to human welfare more than any other art.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.