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OF THE 12 VOLUMES
Edited and Compiled by David Widger
"The Destroyer Of Weeds, Thistles And Thorns Is A Benefactor, Whether He Soweth Grain Or Not." 1900
THE DRESDEN EDITION
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
THE GODS
HUMBOLDT.
THOMAS PAINE
INDIVIDUALITY.
HERETICS AND HERESIES.
THE GHOSTS.
THE LIBERTY OF MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD.
LIBERTY OF WOMAN.
THE LIBERTY OF CHILDREN.
CONCLUSION.
ABOUT FARMING IN ILLINOIS
WHAT MUST WE DO TO BE SAVED?
THE GODS.
HUMBOLDT.
The Universe is Governed by Law?The Self-made Man?Poverty generally an Advantage?Humboldt's Birth-place?His desire for Travel?On what Humboldt's Fame depends?His Companions and Friends?Investigations in the New World?A Picture?Subjects of his Addresses?Victory of the Church over Philosophy?Influence of the discovery that the World is governed by Law?On the term Law?Copernicus?Astronomy?Aryabhatta? Descartes?Condition of the World and Man when the morning of Science Dawned?Reasons for Honoring Humboldt?The World his Monument
THOMAS PAINE.
With his Name left out the History of Liberty cannot be Written?Paine's Origin and Condition?His arrival in America with a Letter of Introduction by Franklin?Condition of the Colonies?"Common Sense"?A new Nation Born?Paine the Best of Political Writers?The "Crisis"?War not to the Interest of a trading Nation?Paine's Standing at the Close of the Revolution?Close of the Eighteenth Century in France-The "Rights of Man"?Paine Prosecuted in England?"The World is my Country"?Elected to the French Assembly?Votes against the Death of the King?Imprisoned?A look behind the Altar?The "Age of Reason"?His Argument against the Bible as a Revelation?Christianity of Paine's Day?A Blasphemy Law in Force in Maryland?The Scotch "Kirk"?Hanging of Thomas Aikenhead for Denying the Inspiration of the Scriptures?"Cathedrals and Domes, and Chimes and Chants"?Science?"He Died in the Land his Genius Defended,"
INDIVIDUALITY.
"His Soul was like a Star and Dwelt Apart"?Disobedience one of the Conditions of Progress.?Magellan?The Monarch and the Hermit-Why the Church hates a Thinker?The Argument from Grandeur and Prosperity-Travelers and Guide-boards?A Degrading Saying?Theological Education?Scotts, Henrys and McKnights?The Church the Great Robber?Corrupting the Reason of Children?Monotony of Acquiescence: For God's sake, say No?Protestant Intolerance: Luther and Calvin?Assertion of Individual Independence a Step toward Infidelity?Salute to Jupiter?The Atheistic Bug-Little Religious Liberty in America?God in the Constitution, Man Out?Decision of the Supreme Court of Illinois that an Unbeliever could not testify in any Court?Dissimulation?Nobody in this Bed?The Dignity of a Unit
HERETICS AND HERESIES.
THE GHOSTS.
Dedication to Ebon C. Ingersoll?Preface?Mendacity of the Religious Press?"Materialism"?Ways of Pleasing the Ghosts?The Idea of Immortality not Born of any Book?Witchcraft and Demon-ology?Witch Trial before Sir Matthew Hale?John Wesley a Firm Believer in Ghosts?"Witch-spots"?Lycanthropy?Animals Tried and Convicted?The Governor of Minnesota and the Grasshoppers?A Papal Bull against Witchcraft?Victims of the Delusion?Sir William Blackstone's Affirmation?Trials in Belgium?Incubi and Succubi?A Bishop Personated by the Devil?The Doctrine that Diseases are caused by Ghosts?Treatment?Timothy Dwight against Vaccination?Ghosts as Historians?The Language of Eden?Leibnitz, Founder of the Science of Language?Cosmas on Astronomy?Vagaries of Kepler and Tycho Brahe?Discovery of Printing, Powder, and America?Thanks to the Inventors?The Catholic Murderer and the Meat?Let the Ghosts Go
THE LIBERTY OF MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD.
ABOUT FARMING IN ILLINOIS.
To Plow is to Pray; to Plant is to Prophesy, and the Harvest Answers and Fulfills?The Old Way of Farming?Cooking an Unknown Art-Houses, Fuel, and Crops?The Farmer's Boy?What a Farmer should Sell?Beautifying the Home?Advantages of Illinois as a Farming State?Advantages of the Farmer over the Mechanic?Farm Life too Lonely-On Early Rising?Sleep the Best Doctor?Fashion?Patriotism and Boarding Houses?The Farmer and the Railroads?Money and Confidence?Demonetization of Silver-Area of Illinois?Mortgages and Interest?Kindness to Wives and Children?How a Beefsteak should be Cooked?Decorations and Comfort?Let the Children Sleep?Old Age
WHAT MUST WE DO TO BE SAVED?
PREFACE
SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES.
SOME REASONS WHY
ORTHODOXY.
MYTH AND MIRACLE.
SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES.
SOME REASONS WHY.
ORTHODOXY.
Orthodox Religion Dying Out?Religious Deaths and Births?The Religion of Reciprocity?Every Language has a Cemetery?Orthodox Institutions Survive through the Money invested in them?"Let us tell our Real Names"?The Blows that have Shattered the Shield and Shivered the Lance of Superstition?Mohammed's Successful Defence of the Sepulchre of Christ?The Destruction of Art?The Discovery of America?Although he made it himself, the Holy Ghost was Ignorant of the Form of this Earth?Copernicus and Kepler?Special Providence?The Man and the Ship he did not Take?A Thanksgiving Proclamation Contradicted?Charles Darwin?Henry Ward Beecher?The Creeds?The Latest Creed?God as a Governor?The Love of God?The Fall of Man?We are Bound by Representatives without a Chance to Vote against Them?The Atonement?The Doctrine of Depravity a Libel on the Human Race?The Second Birth?A Unitarian Universalist?Inspiration of the Scriptures?God a Victim of his own Tyranny?In the New Testament Trouble Commences at Death?The Reign of Truth and Love?The Old Spaniard who Died without an Enemy?The Wars it Brought?Consolation should be Denied to Murderers?At the Rate at which Heathen are being Converted, how long will it take to Establish Christ's Kingdom on Earth??The Resurrection?The Judgment Day?Pious Evasions?"We shall not Die, but we shall all be Hanged"?"No Bible, no Civilization" Miracles of the New Testament?Nothing Written by Christ or his Contemporaries?Genealogy of Jesus?More Miracles?A Master of Death?Improbable that he would be Crucified?The Loaves and Fishes?How did it happen that the Miracles Convinced so Few??The Resurrection?The Ascension?Was the Body Spiritual?Parting from the Disciples?Casting out Devils?Necessity of Belief?God should be consistent in the Matter of forgiving Enemies?Eternal Punishment?Some Good Men who are Damned?Another Objection?Love the only Bow on Life's dark Cloud?"Now is the accepted Time"?Rather than this Doctrine of Eternal Punishment Should be True?I would rather that every Planet should in its Orbit wheel a barren Star?What I Believe?Immortality?It existed long before Moses?Consolation?The Promises are so Far Away, and the Dead are so Near?Death a Wall or a Door?A Fable?Orpheus and Eurydice.
MYTH AND MIRACLE.
SHAKESPEARE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
VOLTAIRE.
LIBERTY IN LITERATURE.
CONCLUSION.
WHICH WAY?
ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE.
SHAKESPEARE
ROBERT BURNS.
Poetry and Poets?Milton, Dante, Petrarch?Old-time Poetry in Scotland?Influence of Scenery on Literature?Lives that are Poems?Birth of Burns?Early Life and Education?Scotland Emerging from the Gloom of Calvinism?A Metaphysical Peasantry?Power of the Scotch Preacher?Famous Scotch Names?John Barleycorn vs. Calvinism?Why Robert Burns is Loved?His Reading?Made Goddesses of Women?Poet of Love: His "Vision," "Bonnie Doon," "To Mary in Heaven"?Poet of Home: "Cotter's Saturday Night," "John Anderson, My Jo"?Friendship: "Auld Lang-Syne"?Scotch Drink: "Willie brew'd a peck o' maut"?Burns the Artist: The "Brook," "Tam O'Shanter"?A Real Democrat: "A man's a man for a' that"?His Theology: The Dogma of Eternal Pain, "Morality," "Hypocrisy," "Holy Willie's Prayer"?On the Bible?A Statement of his Religion?Contrasted with Tennyson?From Cradle to Coffin?His Last words?Lines on the Birth-place of Burns.
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