Blue-grass blade., 1895-01-13
An lutldel Poem That Equals Homer
or Milton.

In the Freethinkers' Magazins bf No
vember ga, is a poem by F. p. Mann
M. D., of San Francisco, California, en-
titled "Age of Reason" which / think
regarded merely as a specimt n of poetic
art, is up to the very highest that has
been achieved by Milton or Homer, be.
side being compendium Of the most
advanced of modern thought along the
illogical lines.
1t is naturally the unscrupulous poll
cy of the church to underrate the attain
ments of our infdel writer's, and l wish
that all infidels who read the Blade, and
who are inclined to resent this injustice,
that the church is practicing against in
fdel thinkers, would write to the editor
of The Freethinkers' Magazine, for his
last November issue, and get that poem
and keep it, simply to answer these re-
ligious fools and frauds who think that
the preachers know it all, and that what
they do not know is not worth knowing.
The whole Magazine, in every depart
ment OF its get up, is perfect "gem OF
purest ray serene"
The address of its editor is H. L.
Green, 2I3 E. Indiana ST., Chicago, Ills.
His name is the only verdant thing about
him.
He might send you a sample copy just
for the asking, but you must not ask
him to do that. His terms are 40 cents
single number" and you must send
him the monoy for it, because it costs
him just as much to give you one issue
of his magazine as it costs you to give
him 20 cents.
If you use tobacco just quit using it
long enough to make that 20 cents, and
if you don't use tobacco you can afford
to pay him 20 cents out Of the money
that you thus save.
There are thousands of people in this
State who think there are only two inf
dels in the world, and that Bob Ingersoll
is one of them and that am the other,
and they think Ingersoll is eloquent and
that l am sort of an educated Sam Jones
that has turned honest. But this poem
by DR.. Mann is far ahead, both in style
and sentiment, of anything that Inger-
soil has ever said, while it is as radically
infidel as anything that / have ever said.
would reprint the whole poem in the
Blade except that it would occupy so
much space, and probably would not be
so perfectly done as the Freethinker's
Magazine has done it, and it can be bet
ter preserved in the magazine form, and
want to help him any way.
Its editor has proposed to me to put
a picture of me as frontispiece of an
early issue of his magazine, and sketch
of my life.
If enough persons want to see the is
sue that will have my picture, with my
curls-that have been made famous by
the fact that Bill, Owens allusion to
them knocked him out of seat in Con-
gress-and will write to me to that ef-
feet, will try to get Bro. Green to re-
produce the poem of Dr. Mann, in the
issue having my picture, and send it to
them at somewhat reduced rates.
There is one thing in which can lay
il over Ingersoll. There may be some
particulars in which he may beat me on
the internal get up OF his head, but
when ii comes TO the outside Of our
heads have more hair in minute than
old Bob has had in forty years.
There is whole lot Of us trying to
outlive Ingersoll, because we want his
mantle when he goes up to get his harp
and golden slippers, and want it un-
derstood now that if he goes into his
wooden overcoat before do, | am an
applicant for that garment.
There may be some Of the heather