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> [The essence of religion is inertia; the essence of science is change. It is the function of the one to preserve, it is the function of the other to improve. If, as in Egypt, they are firmly chained together, either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/the-essence-of-religion-is-inertia-the-essence-of-science-is-change/)

[William Winwood Reade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-winwood-reade/)

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## More by William Winwood Reade

> [The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/the-philosophic-spirit-of-inquiry-may-be-traced-to-brute-curiosity/)

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> [And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/and-then-the-earth-being-small-mankind-will-migrate-into-space-and/)

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> [Reade was an emancipating writer because he seemed to speak as man to man to resolve history into an intelligible pattern in which there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/reade-was-an-emancipating-writer-because-he-seemed-to-speak-as-man-to/)

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> [What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/what-a-state-of-society-is-this-in-which-freethinker-is-a-term-of/)

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> [Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/artistic-genius-is-an-expansion-of-monkey-imitativeness/)

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> [If Christianity were true religious persecution would become a pious and charitable duty: if God designs to punish men for their opinions it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/if-christianity-were-true-religious-persecution-would-become-a-pious/)

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> [Open the book of universal history at what period we may, it is always the India trade which is the cause of internal industry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/open-the-book-of-universal-history-at-what-period-we-may-it-is-always/)

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> [It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/it-is-a-sure-criterion-of-the-civilisation-of-ancient-egypt-that-the/)

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> [A day will come when the European god of the nineteenth century will be classed with the gods of Olympus and the Nile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/a-day-will-come-when-the-european-god-of-the-nineteenth-century-will/)

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> [To cultivate the intellect is therefore a religious duty; and when this truth is fairly recognized by men, the religion which teaches that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/to-cultivate-the-intellect-is-therefore-a-religious-duty-and-when/)

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> [Christians believe themselves to be the aristocracy of heaven upon earth, they are admitted to the spiritual court, while millions of men in foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/christians-believe-themselves-to-be-the-aristocracy-of-heaven-upon/)

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> [As a single atom man is an enigma: as a whole he is a mathematical problem. As an individual he is a free agent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/as-a-single-atom-man-is-an-enigma-as-a-whole-he-is-a-mathematical/)

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> [A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/a-religion-so-cheerless-a-philosophy-so-sorrowful-could-never-have/)

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> [The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/the-philosophic-spirit-of-inquiry-may-be-traced-to-brute-curiosity-2/)

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> [Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/men-prefer-to-believe-that-they-are-degenerated-angels-rather-than/)

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