Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
Author: first_name: George William
last_name: Foote
Language: English
Year: 1884

<em>The Freethinker</em>, founded in 1881 was one of the first secular humanist magazines, and also one of the oldest surviving one, moving online only in 2014. It was founded by G. W. Foote, who was its chief editor for 34 years and stated the magazine's purpose as <br>
<em>The Freethinker is an anti-Christian organ, and must therefore be chiefly aggressive. It will wage relentless war against superstition in general, and against Christian superstition in particular. It will do its best to empl