It Is Dangerous, At Any Time, To

Progress, The Religion Of Those Who Have None.

The Principle Of The Inquisition Was Murderous. . . . The Popes Were Not Only Murderers In The Great Style, But They Also Made Murder A Legal Basis Of The Christian Church And A Condition Of Salvation.

I Cannot Accept Your Canon That We Are To Judge Pope And King Unlike Other Men, With A Favorable Presumption That They Do No Wrong. If There Is Any Presumption, It Is The Other Way Against Holders Of Power...power Tends To Corrupt And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.

For Centuries It Was Never Discovered That Education Was A Function Of The State, And The State Never Attempted To Educate. But When Modern Absolutism Arose, It Laid Claim To Everything On Behalf Of The Sovereign Power....when The Revolutionary Theory Of Government Began To Prevail, And Church And State Found That They Were Educating For Opposite Ends And In A Contradictory Spirit, It Became Necessary To Remove Children Entirely From The Influence Of Religion.

Judge Not According To The Orthodox Standard Of A System Religious, Philosophical, Political, But According As Things Promote, Or Fail To Promote The Delicacy, Integrity, And Authority Of Conscience.