Better Remain Silent, Better Not

A Prophet Is Always Much Wider Than His Followers, Much More Liberal Than Those Who Label Themselves With His Name.

The Orthodox Believers In God Are Divided Into Two Camps, One Of Which Maintains That The Existence Of God Is As Demonstrable As Any Mathematical Proposition, While The Other Asserts That His Existence Is Not Demonstrable To The Intellect.

Islam Believes In Many Prophets, And Al Quran Is Nothing But A Confirmation Of The Old Scriptures.

Everyone Knows The Beautiful Story Of Abraham And The Sacrifice Of Isaac. How This Noble Father Led His Child To The Slaughter; How Isaac Meekly Submitted; How The Farce Went On Till The Lad Was Bound And Laid On The Altar, And How God Then Stopped The Murder, And Blessed The Intending Murderer For His Willingness To Commit The Crime.

My First Serious Attempts At Writing Were Made In 1868, And I Took Up Two Very Different Lines Of Composition; I Wrote Some Short Stories Of A Very Flimsy Type, And Also A Work Of A Much More Ambitious Character, 'the Lives Of The Black Letter Saints.'