No Other Offense Has Ever Been Visited

I Knew That It Is Out Of The Question To Have Honest, Economical Government While A Few Are Inordinately Rich And The Great Mass Of Men Are Poor. In Fact, It Is To Be Doubted If Anything Really Worthwhile Can Be Done Until There Is A Fairer Distribution Of Wealth.

To Say That The Universe Was Here Last Year, Or Millions Of Years Ago, Does Not Explain Its Origin. This Is Still A Mystery. As To The Question Of The Origin Of Things, Man Can Only Wonder And Doubt And Guess.

Many Writers Claim That Nearly All Crime Is Caused By Economic Conditions, Or In Other Words That Poverty Is Practically The Whole Cause Of Crime. Endless Statistics Have Been Gathered On This Subject Which Seem To Show Conclusively That Property Crimes Are Largely The Result Of The Unequal Distribution Of Wealth. But Crime Of Any Class Cannot Be Safely Ascribed To A Single Cause. Life Is Too Complex, Heredity Is Too Variant And Imperfect, Too Many Separate Things Contribute To Human Behavior, To Make It Possible To Trace All Actions To A Single Cause.

Great Wealth Often Curses All Who Touch It.

I Do Not Consider It An Insult, But Rather A Compliment To Be Called An Agnostic. I Do Not Pretend To Know Where Many Ignorant Men Are Sure - That Is All That Agnosticism Means.