"It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and …"

"The essence of religion is inertia; the essence of science is change. It is the function of the one to preserve, it i…"

"Open the book of universal history at what period we may, it is always the India trade which is the cause of internal…"

"All doctrines relating to the creation of the world, the government of man by superior beings, and his destiny after …"

"As a single atom man is an enigma: as a whole he is a mathematical problem. As an individual he is a free agent, as a…"

"If Christianity were true religious persecution would become a pious and charitable duty: if God designs to punish me…"

"Doubt is the offspring of knowledge: the savage never doubts at all."

"If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; c…"

"The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in …"

"If indeed there were a judgment-day, it would be for man to appear at the bar not as a criminal but as accuser."