If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANDarwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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