We have at last ascertained that miracles can be perfectly understood; that there is nothing mysterious about them; that they are simply transparent falsehoods.

Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. (Paraphrased)

A good deed is the best prayer.

Man must learn to rely upon himself. Reading bibles will not protect him from the blasts of winter, but houses, fires. and clothing will. To prevent famine, one plow is worth a million sermons, and even patent medicines will cure more diseases than all the prayers uttered since the beginning of the world.

The myth of hell represents all the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable.

The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two: slavery here and hell hereafter.