. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... d the singleword, Mizpah. But finally Benoit, himself, was ledaway, and there was none to kiss his cheek, nor togive him a ring and cry cheerily, Good luck. CitizenComrade! Until we meet again ! GREAT deal has been said bythe admirers of Thomas Paineabout the abuse and injusticeheaped upon his name, andthe prevarications concerninghis life, by press and pulpitand those who profess a lifeof love, meekness and humil-ity. But we should rememberthat all this vilification wasreally the tribute that medi-ocrity pays genius. To escapecensure one o
. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... d the singleword, Mizpah. But finally Benoit, himself, was ledaway, and there was none to kiss his cheek, nor togive him a ring and cry cheerily, Good luck. CitizenComrade! Until we meet again ! GREAT deal has been said bythe admirers of Thomas Paineabout the abuse and injusticeheaped upon his name, andthe prevarications concerninghis life, by press and pulpitand those who profess a lifeof love, meekness and humil-ity. But we should rememberthat all this vilification wasreally the tribute that medi-ocrity pays genius. To escapecensure one only has to move with the mob, thinkwith the mob, do nothing that the mob does not do—then you are safe Jt The saviors of the world haveusually been crucified between thieves, despised, for-saken, spit upon, rejected of men. In their lives theyseldom had a place \where they could safely lay theirweary heads, and dying their bodies were either hid-den in another mans tomb or else subjected to theindignities which the living man failed to survive:160. GREAT REFORMERS —Thomas Paine torn limb from limb, eyeless, headless, armless, burnedand the ashes scattered or sunk in the the peculiar thing is that most of this frightfulinhumanity was the work of so-called good men, thepillars of society, the respectable element, what weare pleased to call our first citizens, instigated bythe Church that happened to be power. Socrates pois-oned, Aristides ostracized, Aristotle fleeing for hislife, Jesus crucified, Paul beheaded, Peter crucifiedhead downward, Savonarola martryred, Spinozahunted, tracked and cursed, and an order issued thatno man should speak to him nor supply him food orshelter, Bruno burned, Galileo imprisoned, Huss,Wyclif, Latimer and Tyndale used for kindling—allthis in the name of religion, institutional religion, theone thing that has caused more misery, heartaches,bloodshed, war, than all other causes combined. LeoTolstoy says, Love, truth, compassion, service,
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