No Man Has Received From Nature The

But If You Will Recall The History Of Our Civil Troubles, You Will See Half The Nation Bathe Itself, Out Of Piety, In The Blood Of The Other Half, And Violate The Fundamental Feelings Of Humanity In Order To Sustain The Cause Of God: As Though It Were Necessary To Cease To Be A Man In Order To Prove Oneself Religious!

The Philosopher Forms His Principles On An Infinity Of Particular Observations. He Does Not Confuse Truth With Plausibility, He Takes For Truth What Is True, For False What Is False, For Doubtful What Is Doubtful, And Probable What Is Probable. The Philosophical Spirit Is Thus A Spirit Of Observation And Accuracy.

The Following General Definition Of An Animal: A System Of Different Organic Molecules That Have Combined With One Another, Under The Impulsion Of A Sensation Similar To An Obtuse And Muffled Sense Of Touch Given To Them By The Creator Of Matter As A Whole, Until Each One Of Them Has Found The Most Suitable Position For Its Shape And Comfort.

A Thing Is Not Proved Because No One Has Ever Questioned It... Skepticism Is The First Step Toward Truth.

What Is A Monster? A Being Whose Survival Is Incompatible With The Existing Order.