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793b39b	Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. It is far better to be free, to leave the forts and barricades of fear, to stand erect and face the future with a smile. It is far better to give yourself sometimes to negligence, to drift with wave and tide, with the blind force of the world, to think and dream, to forget the chains and limitations of the breathing life, to forget purpose and object, to lounge in the picture ga..	free slavery weak worship dream joy future fear heart inspirational development feeling reform facts purpose gods burden threat knowledge thought	Robert Green Ingersoll
3ab18b2	The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.	responsibility proactive true-religion atheism pragmatism	Robert Green Ingersoll
9a8e769	Reason, Observation and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science -- have taught us that happiness is the only good; that the time to be happy is now, and the way to be happy is to make others so. This is enough for us. In this belief we are content to live and die. If by any possibility the existence of a power superior to, and independent of, nature shall be demonstrated, there will then be time enough to kneel. Until then, let us stand e..	nature reason inspiration science happiness hope content holy-trinity trinity observation experience supernatural	Robert Green Ingersoll
0d36fa9	Kindness is strength. Good-nature is often mistaken for virtue, and good health sometimes passes for genius. Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm. Intelligence is not the foundation of arrogance. Insolence is not logic. Epithets are the arguments of malice.	virtue kindness strength intelligence epithets good-nature serene insolence malice arrogance genius logic	Robert Green Ingersoll
a967c90	Justice is the only worship. Love is the only priest. Ignorance is the only slavery. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now, The place to be happy is here,	time morality happiness how-to-be-happy place	Robert Green Ingersoll
7a0c14f	It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.	obey eternity	Robert Green Ingersoll
5cd66a5	This century will be called 's century. He was one of the greatest men who ever touched this globe. He has explained more of the phenomena of life than all of the religious teachers. . Think of the men who replied to him. Only a few years ago there was no person too ignorant to successfully answer , and the more ignorant he was the more cheerfully he undertook the task. He was held up to the ridicule, the scorn and contempt of the Christ..	evolution myth true nature reason fear science atonement origin-of-species orthodox-christianity false clergy garden-of-eden original-sin orthodox biology charles-darwin fact investigation geology dogma survival-of-the-fittest darwin genius england ignorance superstition	Robert Green Ingersoll
6bfbaf1	This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. Keep your mind open to the influences of nature. Receive new thoughts with hospitality. Let us advance.	nature doctrine hospitality rights	Robert Green Ingersoll

793b39b

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. It is far better to be free, to leave the forts and barricades of fear, to stand erect and face the future with a smile. It is far better to give yourself sometimes to negligence, to drift with wave and tide, with the blind force of the world, to think and dream, to forget the chains and limitations of the breathing life, to forget purpose and object, to lounge in the picture ga..

free slavery weak worship dream joy future fear heart inspirational development feeling reform facts purpose gods burden threat knowledge thought

Robert Green Ingersoll

3ab18b2

The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.

responsibility proactive true-religion atheism pragmatism

Robert Green Ingersoll

9a8e769

Reason, Observation and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science -- have taught us that happiness is the only good; that the time to be happy is now, and the way to be happy is to make others so. This is enough for us. In this belief we are content to live and die. If by any possibility the existence of a power superior to, and independent of, nature shall be demonstrated, there will then be time enough to kneel. Until then, let us stand e..

nature reason inspiration science happiness hope content holy-trinity trinity observation experience supernatural

Robert Green Ingersoll

0d36fa9

Kindness is strength. Good-nature is often mistaken for virtue, and good health sometimes passes for genius. Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm. Intelligence is not the foundation of arrogance. Insolence is not logic. Epithets are the arguments of malice.

virtue kindness strength intelligence epithets good-nature serene insolence malice arrogance genius logic

Robert Green Ingersoll

a967c90

Justice is the only worship. Love is the only priest. Ignorance is the only slavery. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now, The place to be happy is here,

time morality happiness how-to-be-happy place

Robert Green Ingersoll

7a0c14f

It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.

obey eternity

Robert Green Ingersoll

5cd66a5

This century will be called 's century. He was one of the greatest men who ever touched this globe. He has explained more of the phenomena of life than all of the religious teachers. . Think of the men who replied to him. Only a few years ago there was no person too ignorant to successfully answer , and the more ignorant he was the more cheerfully he undertook the task. He was held up to the ridicule, the scorn and contempt of the Christ..

evolution myth true nature reason fear science atonement origin-of-species orthodox-christianity false clergy garden-of-eden original-sin orthodox biology charles-darwin fact investigation geology dogma survival-of-the-fittest darwin genius england ignorance superstition

Robert Green Ingersoll

6bfbaf1

This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. Keep your mind open to the influences of nature. Receive new thoughts with hospitality. Let us advance.

nature doctrine hospitality rights

Robert Green Ingersoll