Quote by Charles Eastman
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees. – Charles Eastman

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There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy. – Charles Eastman

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Marriage
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The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church. – Charles Eastman

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Religion
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Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. – Michel de Montaigne, translated

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Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest – the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race. – Alfred Russel Wallace

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The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? – John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 1815 June 20th

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It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late. – Pearl S. Buck

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