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“Would you say that any one sacred book is superior to all others in the world? ... I say the New Testament, after that, I should place the Koran, which in its moral teachings, is hardly more than a later edition of the New Testament. Then would follow according to my opinion the Old Testament, the Southern Buddhist Tripitaka, the Tao-te-king of Laotze, the Kings of Confucius, the Veda and the Avesta.”

World Should Book Moral Opinion Teaching Kings Sacred Superiors Buddhist Southern Testament Tao New Testament Old Testament Vedas

Author:Max Muller

“Although the semicircle of the Moon is placed above the circle of the Sun and would appear to be superior, nevertheless we know that the Sun is ruler and King. We see that the Moon in her shape and her proximity rivals the Sun with her grandeur, which is apparent to ordinary men, yet the face, or a semi-sphere of the Moon, always reflects the light of the Sun.”

Knows Men Light Faces Sun Kings Shapes Moon Ordinary Circles Superiors Spheres Rulers Nevertheless Rivals Grandeur Ordinary Man Proximity

Book:The Hieroglyphic Monad

Source: The Hieroglyphic Monad

“Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really superior man almost always begins to deteriorate when he is habitually king of his company.”

Men Company Progress Kings Familiar Superiors Improving Superior Man Deteriorating

Book:On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays

Source: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays

“Elohim was, in logical terminology, the genus of which ghosts, Chemosh, Dagon, Baal, and Jahveh were species. The Israelite believed Jahveh to be immeasurably superior to all other kinds of Elohim. The inscription on the Moabite stone shows that King Mesa held Chemosh to be, as unquestionably, the superior of Jahveh.”

Kind Shows Kings Stones Species Ghost Superiors Logical Terminology Inscriptions Elohim

Book:Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions

Source: Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions

“Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and look for moves with a solid positional foundation ... As often as not, his strategy consists of stifling Black's activity and then winning in an endgame thanks to his superior pawn structure.”

Trying Looks Moving Winning Black White Kings Cost Activity Approach Foundation Strategy Structure Chess Superiors Opening Thanks Pawns Endgame Stifling Gambit

Author:Neil McDonald

“The free market exists to promote prosperity and human life, and that is what it has accomplished, splendidly, with breathtaking brilliance. In the industrialized world, the average person today enjoys a standard of living superior to that of kings and emperors of the past. The whole world's population is capable of enjoying the same marvelous results, if it adopts economic freedom.”

“The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather than that he was a superior being.”

Jesus Support Kings Argument Jew Superiors Followers Supposition Desertion

Book:The collected works of Lysander Spooner

Source: The collected works of Lysander Spooner