There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
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There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist--
Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the read more

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

The size of the universe depresses many people, but not me, I'm delighted at it

The size of the universe depresses many people, but not me, I'm delighted at it

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine read more

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your read more

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.

For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an
unchangeable law through the eternal constitution and read more

For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an
unchangeable law through the eternal constitution and association
of latent causes, which have been long before predestined.
[Lat., Equidem aeterna constitutione crediderim nexuque causarum
atentium et multo ante destinatarum suum quemque ordinem
immutabili lege percurrere.]