Thus we commenced our national existence under the present system, without God. The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church. Nothing is so pleasing to these gods as the butchery of unbelievers. Together they attacked the rights of man. If you find any man who believes it, strike his forehead and you will hear an echo.
Every fact is an enemy of the church.
Every fact is a heretic. Every demonstration is an infidel. If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. Ministers say that they teach charity. That is natural.