History Is So Indifferently Rich,

To Rulers Religion, Like Almost Everything Else, Is A Tool Of Power.

Paul Created A Theology Of Which None But The Vaguest Warrants Can Be Found In The Words Of Christ.

As To Harmonizing The Theory Of Evolution With The Biblical Account Of Creation, I Do Not Believe It Can Be Done, And I Do Not See Why It Should Be. The Story Of Genesis Is Beautiful, And Profoundly Significant As Symbolism: There Is No Good Reason To Torture It Into Conformity With Modern Theory.

Grow Strong, My Comrade … That You May Stand Unshaken When I Fall; That I May Know The Shattered Fragments Of My Song Will Come At Last To Finer Melody In You; That I May Tell My Heart That You Begin Where Passing I Leave Off, And Fathom More.

If I Were Rich I Would Have Many Books, And I Would Pamper Myself With Bindings Bright To The Eye And Soft To The Touch, Paper Generously Opaque, And Type Such As Men Designed When Printing Was Very Young. I Would Dress My Gods In Leather And Gold, And Burn Candles Of Worship Before Them At Night, And String Their Names Like Beads On A String.