The Idea That A Good God Would

I Am An Infidel. I Know What An Infidel Is, And That's What I Am.

Every Child Should Have Mud Pies, Grasshoppers, Water Bugs, Tadpoles, Frogs, Mud Turtles, Elderberries, Wild Strawberries, Acorns, Chestnuts, Trees To Climb. Brooks To Wade, Water Lilies, Woodchucks, Bats, Bees, Butterflies, Various Animals To Pet, Hayfields, Pine-cones, Rocks To Roll, Sand, Snakes, Huckleberries And Hornets; And Any Child Who Has Been Deprived Of These Has Been Deprived Of The Best Part Of Education.

Bryan - A Great Friend Of Mine, By The Way - Had A Neanderthal Type Of Head, Burbank Says. As To Riley, He Has Not Even The Oratorical Skill Of Bryan. The Whole Movement Is Based On The Poor Whites Of The South.

I Have Seen Myself Lose Intolerance, Narrowness, Bigotry, Complacence, Pride And A Whole Bushel-basket Of Other Intellectual Vices Through My Contact With Nature And With Men. And When You Take Weeds Out Of A Garden It Gives You Room To Grow Flowers. So, Every Time I Lost A Little Self-satisfaction, Or Arrogance, I Could Plant Some Broadness Or Love Of My Own In Its Place, And After A While The Garden Of My Mind Began To Bloom And Be Fragrant And I Found Myself Better Equipped For My Work And More Useful To Others As A Consequence.

All Scientists Have Found That Preconceived Notions, Dogmas, And All Personal Prejudice And Bias, Must Be Set Aside, Listening Patiently, Quietly And Reverently To The Lessons, One By One, Which Mother Nature Has To Teach, Shedding Light On That Which Was Before A Mystery, So That All Who Will May See And Know. She Conveys Her Truths Only To Those Who Are Passive And Receptive.