I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

Quote by Alfred Russel Wallace

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On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated...

On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated...

I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.

I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.

I spent, as you know, a year and a half in a clergyman's family and...

I spent, as you know, a year and a half in a clergyman's family and...

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life...

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life...

I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will...

I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will...

If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a...

If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a...

Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or...

Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or...

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth...

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth...

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by...

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by...

To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.

To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.

What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and...

What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and...

There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause...

There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause...

What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public...

What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public...

To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without...

To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without...

It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits...

It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits...

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular...

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular...

The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force,...

The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force,...

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.

I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such...

I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such...

But naturalists are now beginning to look beyond this, and to see that there must...

But naturalists are now beginning to look beyond this, and to see that there must...