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I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority.

~Arthur Keith

Topics: Any Authority Be True Because Believed Central Choose Conditions Inquire Interested Lived Matters Me Opportunities Permitted Prize Publish True Uncontrolled Which

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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

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Topics: Ancient Authority Balance Between Central Individual Individual Liberty Liberty Problem Proper Very

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Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.

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Topics: Ancient Christian Ideal More Much Nay Old Than

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Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects.

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Topics: Encouraged Everywhere Forced Forcing Governments Nowhere People Resistant Subjects Unwilling Welcomed

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There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution.

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Topics: Altogether Evolution Feeling Few Few Men Lacking Men Men And Women Must Nature Our Part Place Scheme Very Whom Women

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There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues.

~Arthur Keith

Topics: Building Cultural Different Difficulties Diversity Each Everywhere Evolution Further Many Need Out Population Protection Races Restraint Some Stage Tongues

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Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.

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Topics: Been Case Christianity Conquered Made Nationalism Opposite

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We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals.

~Arthur Keith

Topics: Birth Distracted Ethical Fellow He His Jesus Jew Lived Mount Never Only Realize Sermon Shall System Taught Understand Unless

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Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses.

~Arthur Keith

Topics: Between Christians Conspicuous Desire Discriminate Distinctions Escape Good Good Men Men Nature Observation Our Races Senses Too Whether

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Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.

~Arthur Keith

Topics: Against Anti Ascent Christianity Civilization Conditions Earlier Effects Evolutionary Find Laws Like Man Shall Stages Which Works

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Scientist

Born: February 5th, 1866

Died: January 7th, 1955

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