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

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Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than...

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than...

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...

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it...

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it...

No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is...

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is...

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...

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...

I am a rank individualist.

I am a rank individualist.

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

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

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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.