There Is No Such Crime As A

Every One Knows That The Heavenly Bodies Move In Certain Paths In Relation To Each Other With Seeming Consistency And Regularity Which We Call [physical] Law. ... No One Attributes Freewill Or Motive To The Material World. Is The Conduct Of Man Or The Other Animals Any More Subject To Whim Or Choice Than The Action Of The Planets? ... We Know That Man's Every Act Is Induced By Motives That Led Or Urged Him Here Or There; That The Sequence Of Cause And Effect Runs Through The Whole Universe, And Is Nowhere More Compelling Than With Man.

The Ability And Inclination To Use Physical Strength Is No Indication Of Bravery Or Tenacity To Life. The Greatest Cowards Are Often The Greatest Bullies. Nothing Is Cheaper And More Common Than Physical Bravery.

I Never Wanted To See Anybody Die, But There Are A Few Obituary Notices I Have Read With Pleasure.

No Nation Can Be Really Great That Is Held Together By Gatling Guns, And No True Loyalty Can Be Induced And Kept Through Fear.

For To Know All Is To Understand All, And This Leaves No Room For Judgment And Condemnation.