Certainly the Old Testament does not teach us that there is another life, and upon that question even the New is obscure and vague. The hunger of the heart finds only a few small and scattered crumbs. There is nothing definite, solid, and satisfying. United with the idea of immortality we find the absurdity of the resurrection. A prophecy that depends for its fulfillment upon an impossibility, cannot satisfy the brain or heart.

the inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing is better than praying.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

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

He who commends the brutalities of the past, sows the seeds of future crimes.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.