Liberty's Chief Foe Is Theology.

Atheist, Without God, I Look To Humankind For Sympathy, For Love, For Hope, For Effort, For Aid.

The Ameliorating March Of The Last Few Centuries Has Been Initiated By The Heretics Of Each Age, Though I Concede That The Men And Women Denounced And Persecuted As Infidels By The Pious Of One Century Are Frequently Claimed As Saints By The Pious Of A Later Generation.

No Religion Is Suddenly Rejected By Any People; It Is Rather Gradually Outgrown. None Sees A Religion Die; Dead Religions Are Like Dead Languages And Obsolete Customs: The Decay Is Long And - Like The Glacier March - Is Perceptible Only To The Careful Watcher By Comparisons Extending Over Long Periods.

[that] My Body Be Buried As Cheaply As Possible And No Speeches Be Permitted At My Funeral.

The Word Heretic Ought To Be A Term Of Honour.