The Word Heretic Ought To Be A

The House, Being Strong, Should Be Generous ... But The Constituents Have A Right To More Than Generosity.... The Law Gives Me My Seat. In The Name Of The Law I Ask For It. I Regret That My Personality Overshadows The Principles Involved In This Great Struggle; But I Would Ask Those Who Have Touched My Life, Not Knowing It, Who Have Found For Me Vices Which I Do Not Remember In The Memory Of My Life, I Would Ask Them Whether All Can Afford To Cast The First Stone ... Then That, As Best Judges, They Will Vacate Their Own Seats, Having Deprived My Constituents Of Their Right Here To Mine.

Will Any One, Save The Most Bigoted, Contend, That It Is Not Certain Gain To Humanity To Spread Unbelief In The Terrible Doctrine That Eternal Torment Is The Probable Fate Of The Great Majority Of The Human Family?

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

Idle And Meaningless ... A Form Less Solemn To Me Than The Affirmation I Would Have Reverently Made.

The Abuse Dies In A Day; But The Denial Slays The Life Of The People And Entombs The Hope Of The Race.