"Universalism as an ideal is as old as……" — Arthur Keith
"Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal."
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31 Quotes by Arthur Keith
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Religious leaders and men of science have the same ideals; they want to understand and explain the universe of which…
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No tribe unites with another of its own free will.
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Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.
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The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of…
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My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.
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The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our…
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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
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We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only…
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The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war.
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Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural…
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Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more…
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Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the…
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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,…
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and…
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted…
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Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so…
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
— Ambrose Bierce
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