Atheism Is Without God. It Does Not

A Ground Frequently Taken By Christian Theologians Is That The Progress And Civilization Of The World Are Due To Christianity; And The Discussion Is Complicated By The Fact That Many Eminent Servants Of Humanity Have Been Nominal Christians, Of One Or Other Of The Sects. My Allegation Will Be That The Special Services Rendered To Human Progress By These Exceptional Men Have Not Been In Consequence Of Their Adhesion To Christianity, But In Spite Of It, And That The Specific Points Of Advantage To Human Kind Have Been In Ratio Of Their Direct Opposition To Precise Biblical Enactments.

Without Free Speech No Search For Truth Is Possible; Without Free Speech No Discovery Of Truth Is Useful; Without Free Speech Progress Is Checked, And The Nations No Longer March Forward Towards The Nobler Life Which The Future Holds For Man. Better A Thousandfold Abuse Of Free Speech Than Denial Of Free Speech. The Abuse Dies In A Day; But The Denial Stays The Life Of The People And Entombs The Hope Of The Race.

There Is A Court To Which I Shall Appeal: The Court Of Public Opinion.

If When I Am Libelled I Take No Notice, The World Believes The Libel. If I Sue, I Have To Pay About One Hundred Pounds' Costs For The Privilege, And Gain The Smallest Coin The Country Knows For Recompense.

Is Poverty Of Spirit The Chief Amongst Virtues, That Jesus Gives It Prime Place In His Teachings? Is It Even A Virtue At All? Surely Not. Manliness Of Spirit, Honesty Of Spirit, Fullness Of Rightful Purpose, These Are Virtues; Poverty Of Spirit Is A Crime.