"The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances."

"A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts — a "bundle of fa…"

"The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the…"

"Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscienc…"

"I once met a pompous ass of a believer who had this religious-sense theory in an exaggerated degree. It is not at all…"

"If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man, the r…"

"An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason."

"Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens — great catastrophes or conflagrati…"

"Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power."

"The more I thought about it, the more obsessed I became with the idea of a swimming journey. I started to dream ever …"