The lesson taught us by these kindly commentators on my present experience is that dogmatic faith compels the best minds and hearts… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
As the astronomer rejoices in new knowledge which compels him to give up the dignity of our globe as the centre, the… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I certainly never believed, more or less, in the "essential doctrines" of Christianity, which represent God as the predestinator of men to… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I hope and believe my co-religionists understand and admit that I disclaim their theology in toto, and that by no twisting of… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
My business in life has been to think and learn, and to speak out with absolute freedom what I have thought and… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I would not exchange my freedom from old superstition, if I were to be burned at the stake next month, for all… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
The clergy complain of the enormous spread of bold books, from the infidel tract to the latest handling of the miracle question. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
it is a testament to the strength and purity of the democratic sentiment in the country, that the republic has not been overthrown by… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
School is no place of education for any children whatever till their minds are well put in action. This is the work which has… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Authorship has never been with me a matter of choice. I have not done it for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
it is the worst humiliation and grievance of the suffering, that they cause suffering. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I wrote because I could not help it. There was something that I wanted to say, and I said it: that was all. The… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction given on… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
[I] wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Who is apt, on occasion, to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. It is the moral atmosphere in which human beings are to live and move. Men do not… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
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