God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than by industry, by wicked actions rather than by good. Hence it is that men feed upon each other, and those who cannot defend themselves must be worried.
What is it the Bible teaches us? -- rapine, cruelty, and murder.
Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.