enemy of mankind. Q To keep this questioner down 

 has been the problem of every religion. And the prob- 

 lem of progress has been to smuggle the newly-dis- 

 covered truth past Cerberus, the priest, by preparing 

 a sop that was to him palatable. 



From every branch of Science the priest has been 

 routed, save in Sociology alone. Here he has stubbornly 

 made his last stand, and is saving himself alive by 

 slowly accepting the situation and transforming him- 

 self into the Promoter of a Social Club. 



LITTLE 

 JOURNEYS 



'HE attempt to ascertain the truths of phys- 

 ical science outside of theology, in the 

 early ages was very seldom ventured. 

 When men wanted to know anything 

 about anything, they asked the priest. 

 1 &3^D^ZZJ> Q Questions that the priest could not an- 

 swer he declared were forbidden of man to know ; and 

 when men attempted to find out for themselves they 

 were looked upon as heretics. 



The early Church regarded the earth as a flat surface 

 with four corners. And in proof of their position they 

 quoted St. Paul, who wanted the gospel carried to the 

 ends of the earth. In fact, the universe was a house. 

 The upper story was heaven, the lower story was the 

 earth and the cellar was hell. God, the angels and the 

 "saved ' lived in heaven, man lived on earth, and the 

 devils and the damned had hell to themselves. 

 "And there shall be no night there," and this was 



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