Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools. - E. Haldeman-Julius

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When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings

E. Haldeman-Julius

Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.

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We are well aware that religion is not as bad an influence as it was a short time ago, as history is counted. But it is a sufficiently bad influence even in modern times, and its reduced viciousness (in practice) is due plainly enough to its reduced power.

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The influences that have lifted the race to a higher moral level are education, freedom, leisure, the humanizing tendency of a better-supplied and more interesting life. In a word, science and liberalism. . . have accomplished the very things for which religion claims the credit.

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Religion glorifies the dogma of a despotic, mythical God. Atheism ennobles the interests of free and progressive Man. Religion is superstition. Atheism is sanity. Religion is medieval. Atheism is modern.

Atheism, Glorifies, Man, Medieval, Men, Superstitions

It is pretty well settled that the city is the Negro's great contribution to civilization, for it was in Africa where the first cities grew up.

Cities, Civilization, Firsts, Grew, Settled

As he was pummeled into one tight spot after another, emerging each time breathless and in amazed chagrin, Bryan flushed, with spots of anger in his cheeks. His whole body sagged. Before our very eyes, he became a beaten man.

Atheism, Bryan, Eye, Flushed, Men, Spots

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