And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us. Following The Equator Between believing a thing and thinking you know is only a small step and quickly taken. In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination. It is because we are not the person involved. When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.
People born to be hanged are safe in water.
We were good Presbyterian boys when the weather was doubtful. When it was fair we did wander a little from the fold. The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it. For business reasons, I must preserve the outward sign of sanity. Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with.