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THE TORCH OF REASON SILVERTON OREGON, JANUARY 4, 1900.
Six Tracts to Promote
The Plea of the Ego.
Scientific
Wisdom
e h av e p la c e d ©uç tru m p Gaijd an d
In the case of “Egoism vs. Altru­
ism”, which
, w L o w X the plea
week’s Torch
In Place of C h ristia n ity :
a„.i exposition which i,r. T o p in -
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
ization?
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
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wise:—Yes! Iam doing just so, be­
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IS A HOOK OF
must, if we would live at all. We
can neyer live by giving ourselves
away. If I don’t look after all my
S ix ty
satisfactions, higher and lower, who
will? You call me an “auimal
E x c e l l e n t ego”!
Well, isn’t it a fact that Na
C h a p t e r s ture made ine just that, and no
much more? Why haven’t I the
right to make the most of my life
On th e following and
to me? I didn’t ask the world nor
k in d red S u b jects:
anybody to make me, and now the
world has got me here, it owes me
S e lf C o ntrol
the highest satisfaction I can get
out of it—that is my natural right!
S e lf R e sp e ct
I owe it nothing. It is simply my
W h a t is M o rality? oyster to open and enjoy, and I just
W h a t is Ignorance mean to do it. As to the other fel
lows about me, just let them take
Fraud a C rim e
care of themselves! I am not here
o take care of them. My use of
H a b it, 2nd N a tu re
them is to increase my enjoyments.
Politeness
My rights are certainly equal to
theirs, at least so I grant, because I
W isdom
must in order to get along with
E tc ., e tc ., e tc .
them at all; but I don’t work with
them for any result that will not
One of these c h a p te rs is
end to increase the personal satis­
W orth m ore to
faction of my appetites, pleasures,
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