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STRAY SHOTS The foundation of humbug is faith. The light of the universe is reason. Better be an unselfish dog than a selfish man. Advice is cheap, so always give the best. To exhibit temper is to demonstrate insanity. The rich of today breed thieves for tomorrow. Strengthen yourself that you may help those less fortunate. There is never a pleasure lost that there is not another gained. True philanthropy does not steal from one to give to another. Religions burn their bridges in front instead of behind them. One good man on earth is better than ten thousand in heaven. Feed the mind with good thoughts and you will always be happy. Keep the mind and body clean and the soul will take care of itself. Put your trust in the desires of your conscience. There are two ways to think--animal and human. Make your soul the master of your mind and body. Observe at least one day each week for rest and play. Man is great among men as the flea is great among fleas. No drawback should cause man to lose control of himself. Better be a good man persecuted, than a bad man praised. You of few weaknesses should not judge harshly of those with many weaknesses. Hate not, but pity your enemies, for thereby you demonstrate your own superiority. It makes little difference who gets the credit, as long as the world derives the benefit. Without Labor, Capital would starve; without Capital, Labor could live in luxury. A liar is a moral coward who fears to speak the truth and abide by the consequences. Permit your soul to look from the eye and all of nature's objects will appear beautiful. Hide not your face behind a fantastic beard, that the world may read your character. The expression of the face is caused by the tendency of the thought. Semi-intelligent beings try to live on the strength of those less intelligent. Persecution is a deadly poison which reacts upon those who administer it. He with many faults is generally too weak to overlook the faults of others. Which is the most beastly, the pig itself, or the man who rears, kills and eats it? Behold yourself through the eyes of others and judge your worth accordingly. When man dies he leaves his works for the approbation or contempt of posterity. As the mother loves her child, so should all living things love each other. The sins of the parents are visited upon the children as a natural result, and not by an act of the Almighty. There are thoughts in existence today which man will not be able to grasp for thousands of years to come. Replace the Church with schools of moral, mental and physical culture and the world will pro& thereby. As the swindler first creates a feeling of faith in his intended victim, so religion demands faith in its followers. Of what good are you if you gain the produce of the whole world and breed ten thousand criminal descendants. There are many men in this world who call it work to figure how they can secure the results of others' labor. If you have knowledge, offer it to others; if they do not accept it, that is their loss. Do not fill your head so full of other people's ideas that there is no room left for your own. Point out the defects of him who is present; praise the good qualities of him who is absent. Those who ride upon the backs of others must in turn carry others upon their own backs. The Bible not only proves its own absurdities, but any others that the human mind can conceive. Parents should mould their children's character before they are born, by their own thoughts and actions. Your ancestors are responsible for the weaknesses you inherit, but you are responsible for non-improvement. Marrying for money or position without mutual love is but one way to breed and preserve the germs of prostitution. It is not only the selfishness of the strong that robs the weak, but also the selfishness of the weak that keeps them so. If nature has blessed you with superior ability and you do not use it to benefit mankind, then you have betrayed nature's trust. The laborer furnishes the capitalist with money, houses, clothes, eatables, service and then the weapons and power to keep him enslaved. If you have not improved your condition physically, mentally and morally over that of your parents, your life has been a failure. Religion is a great cudgel held threateningly by the strong over the heads of the weak to keep them in a state of ignorance and slavery. If the soul were born with the body, then it must die with it; but if the soul live afterward, then it must have lived before the body was born. The learned man is sometimes wise; the wise man is not always learned. The wise man produces good thoughts direct from nature; the learned man acquires them afterward. <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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