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In View of the extraordinary fact that this ruler's subjects excel their god in sense Of beauty, nobility, and justice,,i do not hesitate to challenge him. I realize that it requires a great deal Of courage to do so. This god, namely, has a powerful helpmate, whose name is Public Opinion. This second god, Public Opinion, is the worst enemy Of progress, sci ence, and truth. It Often tempts a man to be untrue to his convictions. It sometimes keeps him silent when he should speak. Caring more for truth and the soul-progress Of humanity than for public opinion, I shall now proceed to send my challenge.
I accuse this god Of having felt infinitely bored; of having passed the dreariness Of the eternal hours in creating balls Of mud and peo pling them with beings; Of having been, and still being, the whimsical, playful owner of human toys; Of having, knowingly, made these toys imperfect, through which imperfection they Often suffer unnameable agonies.
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In View of the extraordinary fact that this ruler's subjects excel their god in sense Of beauty, nobility, and justice,,i do not hesitate to challenge him. I realize that it requires a great deal Of courage to do so. This god, namely, has a powerful helpmate, whose name is Public Opinion. This second god, Public Opinion, is the worst enemy Of progress, sci ence, and truth. It Often tempts a man to be untrue to his convictions. It sometimes keeps him silent when he should speak. Caring more for truth and the soul-progress Of humanity than for public opinion, I shall now proceed to send my challenge.
I accuse this god Of having felt infinitely bored; of having passed the dreariness Of the eternal hours in creating balls Of mud and peo pling them with beings; Of having been, and still being, the whimsical, playful owner of human toys; Of having, knowingly, made these toys imperfect, through which imperfection they Often suffer unnameable agonies.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1330143388
- ISBN 13 9781330143384
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages170
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