The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-29

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merely az fusion OF moro or less authenuc
versions OF one and the same doctrine
subject to q thousand interpretations.
believe you acknowledge the possibility
Of al these tAings; II nusa Indeed %
acknowledged. seeing that we have no
certainty and incontesfable historic proof. But
you arc saying to yourself: What matters IT,
after ALL II We have rescued from the shipWreck
OF historical reality q Philosophical verify. an
admirable doctriney Very true: think as you
do: but do not cleavo TO tho nAme OF Chris
tianity for this doctrine. which " perhaps not at
all that OF The man named Jesus. VINO perhAps
was Aever crucihed: and an Sill Lees dis
posed to become enthusiastic for . LEGENDARY
parsonage who lacks the reality Of Plato. OF
PythAgoras. Of Aristotle. Of all tho great intel
lscis that We know have actually lived have
thought talked. written. or suffered IN their
own persons. Observe that this apocryphai. or
ut least disputablA. situation OF tho founder OF
Christianity leaves the door open TO beliefs TO-
tally contradictory. and that this doctrine. SO
beautiful In itself. hAs done a. much hArm
a. good In the world. Tor tho reason thai io
point OF departure Ia sort oil myth. Tia nne
ray whose sun IL hidden in the clouds. Plato.
PythagoraA and the other real founders Of
well-deaned doctrines or methods have never
done anything but good. Jesus has introduced
hypocrisy and persecution into the social and
individual life OF mankind. and this has gone
on now more than eighfeen hundred years. At
the present hour Nine. Dudsvant Is writing Of
the France OF 1861 we are moro psrseeuted
than ever In his name. roboed OF liberty. and
hunted down by priests through all the wind
inss Of our existence. Got thee behhnd me.
then. God Jesus! Let US. Nc philosophers. love
that charming hsure OF Oriental romance; but
let us not strive to impose belief In his
divinity or In MS quasi-dfvinfy any more IMAM
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guise ner opinions on the fundnmental dues-
tons respecting mans origin and destiny and
tine government OF the world. They are trace
able In all her writings. though nowhere indi-
Gated so frankly or precisely as in the letters
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