Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.

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In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material...

In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material...

The family is the school of duties - founded on love

The family is the school of duties - founded on love

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and...

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and...

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of...

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of...

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial...

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial...

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient...

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient...

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring...

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring...

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder...

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder...

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful...

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful...

We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended.

We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended.

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but...

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but...

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the...

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the...

Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other,...

Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other,...

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what...

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what...

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it...

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it...

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty