As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention.

. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can be discovered is a proposal to change masters. From being a slave of the papacy, the intellect was to become the serf of the Bible.

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say that he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.

It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.