* He will be brave. He neither bow nor cringe, nor accept bowing and cringing from others. He will be neither master nor slave, neither prince nor peasant.
* He will oppose all caste, no matter whether its foundation be wealth, title or power.
* He will favor universal education so that all might gain useful knowledge and develop their minds along natural paths leading to human happiness.
* He will not waste his time in ascertaining the foolish theories of extinct peoples, or in studying the dead languages for the sake of understanding the theologies of ignorance and fear, but he will turn his attention to the affairs of life, and will do his utmost to see to it that every child has an opportunity to learn the demonstrated facts of science, the true history of the world, the great principles of right and wrong applicable to human conduct.
* He will develop his mind to appreciate the beautiful, the highest art, so that stones, called facts, may be changed into statues.
* He will believe only in the religion of this world. He will have nothing to do with the miraculous and supernatural. He will find that there is no room in the universe for these things. He will know that happiness is the only good, and that everything that tends to the happiness of sentient beings is good, and that to do the things -- and no other -- that add to the happiness of man is to practice the highest possible religion.
* He will expect everyone to be his or her own priest and will view the brain as the real cathedral.
* He will not be shaped, guided or bowed by numbers or force, antiquity or custom. He will decide for himself.
* He will not endeavor by prayers and supplication, by fastings and
genuflections, to change the mind of the 'Infinite' or alter the course of nature, neither will he employ others to do those things in his place.
* He will know that honest labor is the highest form of prayer. He will spend no time in ringing bells of swinging sensers, or in chanting the litanies of barbarism, but he will appreciate all that is artistic -- that is beautiful -- that tends to refine and ennoble the human race.
* He will not live in fear or in awe of man or ghosts - or of death. He will enjoy the sunshine while bearing the darkest of days.
* He will be satisfied that the supernatural does not exist -- that behind every fact, every thought and dream is an efficient cause. He will regard those who violate the laws of nature and states as victims of conditions, of circumstances, and he will do what he can for the well-being of his fellow-men.
* He will not devote his life to the accumulation of wealth and it will give him no pleasure to excite the envy of his neighbors.
He will find his greatest joy in the happiness of others and ... his greatest reward in being loved by those whose lives he has enriched.
He will be independent and candid. He will embrace reason and science and use his sense and senses. He will keep an open mind and be a student, learner and listener. In the world of his brain there will be continuous summer, perpetual seed- time and harvest. Facts will be the foundation of his faith. In one hand he will carry the torch of truth, and with the other raise the fallen.
FURTHER THOUGHTS
* He will oppose all caste, no matter whether its foundation be wealth, title or power.
* He will favor universal education so that all might gain useful knowledge and develop their minds along natural paths leading to human happiness.
* He will not waste his time in ascertaining the foolish theories of extinct peoples, or in studying the dead languages for the sake of understanding the theologies of ignorance and fear, but he will turn his attention to the affairs of life, and will do his utmost to see to it that every child has an opportunity to learn the demonstrated facts of science, the true history of the world, the great principles of right and wrong applicable to human conduct.
* He will believe only in the religion of this world. He will have nothing to do with the miraculous and supernatural. He will find that there is no room in the universe for these things. He will know that happiness is the only good, and that everything that tends to the happiness of sentient beings is good, and that to do the things -- and no other -- that add to the happiness of man is to practice the highest possible religion.
* He will expect everyone to be his or her own priest and will view the brain as the real cathedral.
* He will not be shaped, guided or bowed by numbers or force, antiquity or custom. He will decide for himself.
* He will not endeavor by prayers and supplication, by fastings and
genuflections, to change the mind of the 'Infinite' or alter the course of nature, neither will he employ others to do those things in his place.
* He will know that honest labor is the highest form of prayer. He will spend no time in ringing bells of swinging sensers, or in chanting the litanies of barbarism, but he will appreciate all that is artistic -- that is beautiful -- that tends to refine and ennoble the human race.
* He will not live in fear or in awe of man or ghosts - or of death. He will enjoy the sunshine while bearing the darkest of days.
* He will be satisfied that the supernatural does not exist -- that behind every fact, every thought and dream is an efficient cause. He will regard those who violate the laws of nature and states as victims of conditions, of circumstances, and he will do what he can for the well-being of his fellow-men.
* He will not devote his life to the accumulation of wealth and it will give him no pleasure to excite the envy of his neighbors.
He will find his greatest joy in the happiness of others and ... his greatest reward in being loved by those whose lives he has enriched.
He will be independent and candid. He will embrace reason and science and use his sense and senses. He will keep an open mind and be a student, learner and listener. In the world of his brain there will be continuous summer, perpetual seed- time and harvest. Facts will be the foundation of his faith. In one hand he will carry the torch of truth, and with the other raise the fallen.
FURTHER THOUGHTS
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