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cdc913d I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the completest, most highly organized system of prejudices and antagonisms in existence. Everywhere in the world there are ignorance and prejudice, but the greatest complex of these, with the most extensive prestige and the most intimate entanglement with traditional institutions, is the Roman Catholic Church. It presents many faces towards the world, but everywhere it is systematic in its fight against freedom. mankind prejudice freedom prestige catholic-church intimate catholic catholicism hostile emancipation church ignorance H.G. Wells
59846d7 As much as I had always longed to be freed of my duties and obligations, being released from such bonds was as much a severing as an emancipation. responsibility freedom reality truth duties duty emancipation end obligation outcome responsibilities sever ties release Robin Hobb