Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.

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Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group...

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group...

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to...

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to...

It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts...

It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts...

Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must...

Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must...

Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races,...

Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races,...

There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking;...

There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking;...

There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races,...

There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races,...

I am a rank individualist.

I am a rank individualist.

We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he...

We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he...

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity...

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity...

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war,...

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war,...

The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in...

The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in...

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are...

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are...

Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in...

Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in...

In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates...

In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates...