Dearest Charles– I found

Dearest Charles– I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to you as I am mourning for my lost innocence. It never looked like living. The doctors despaired of it from the start… I am never quite alone. Members of my family keep turning up and … Read more

We have been saying,

We have been saying, Lucy, that ’tis the strangest thing in the world people should quarrel about religion, since we undoubtedly all mean the same thing; all good minds in every religion aim at pleasing the Supreme Being; the means we take differ according to where we are born, and the prejudices we imbibe from … Read more

It seems to me

It seems to me that if one had kept silence up to now regarding religion, people would still be submerged in the most grotesque and dangerous superstition … regarding government, we would still be groaning under the bonds of feudal government … regarding morals, we would still be having to learn what is virtue and … Read more