I Do Not Pretend To Understand The

The Joy Of Heaven Will Begin As Soon As We Attain The Character Of Heaven, And Do Its Duties.

All Men Need Something To Poetize And Idealize Their Life A Little-something Which They Value For More Than Its Use, And Which Is A Symbol Of Their Emancipation From The Mere Materialism And Drudgery Of Daily Life.

I Do Not Pretend To Understand The Moral Universe; The Arc Is A Long One. . . . But From What I See I Am Sure It Bends Toward Justice.

Manly Natural Religion - It Is Not Joining The Church; It Is Not To Believe In A Creed, Hebrew, Protestant, Catholic, Trinitarian, Unitarian, Nothingarian. It Is Not To Keep Sunday Idle; To Attend Meetings; To Be Wet With Water; To Read The Bible; To Offer Prayers In Words; To Take Bread And Wine In The Meeting House; Love A Scape-goat Jesus, Or Any Other Theological Clap-trap.

Democracy Is Direct Self-government Over All The People, For All The People, By All The People.