Religion Without Joy-it Is No

Justice Is The Idea Of God, The Ideal Of Man, The Rule Of Conduct Writ In The Nature Of Mankind.

[america Is] A Rebellious Nation. Our Whole History Is Treason; Our Blood Was Attained Before We Were Born; Our Creeds Were Infidelity To The Mother Church; Our Constitution Treason To Our Fatherland.

Love Of Truth Will Bless The Lover All His Days; Yet When He Brings Her Home, His Fair-faced Bride, She Comes Empty-handed To His Door, Herself Her Only Dower.

I Believe In The Admission Of Women To The Full Rights Of Citizenship And Share In Government, On The Express Grounds That Few Women Keep House So Badly Or With Such Wastefulness As Chancellors Of The Exchequer Keep The State.

The Miraculous Revelation Of The Old Testament And The New, The Miracles Of Famous Men, Jews, Gentiles, Or Christians, — Then Franklin Had No Religion At All; And It Would Be An Insult To Say That He Believed In The Popular Theology Of His Time, Or Of Ours, For I Find Not A Line From His Pen Indicating Any Such Belief.