The Fact That There Is

Criminal Cases Receive The Attention Of The Press. The Cruel And Disagreeable Things Of Life Are More Apt To Get The Newspaper Space Than The Pleasant Ones. It Must Be That Most People Enjoy Hearing Of And Reading About The Troubles Of Others. Perhaps Men Unconsciously Feel That They Rise In The General Level As Others Go Down.

I Am Sure Of Very Little, And I Shouldn't Be Surprised If Those Things Were Wrong.

No Other Offense Has Ever Been Visited With Such Severe Penalties As Seeking To Help The Oppressed.

One Believes In The Truthfulness Of A Man Because Of His Long Experience With The Man, And Because The Man Has Always Told A Consistent Story. But No Man Has Told So Consistent A Story As Nature.

If Today You Can Take A Thing Like Evolution And Make It A Crime To Teach It In The Public School, Tomorrow You Can Make It A Crime To Teach It In The Private Schools, And The Next Year You Can Make It A Crime To Teach It To The Hustings Or In The Church. At The Next Session You May Ban Books And Newspapers. Soon You May Set Catholic Against Protestant And Protestant Against Protestant, And Try To Foist Your Own Religion Upon The Minds Of Men.