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“Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not be conditioned on the same terms as all life, i. e., correspondence with environment.”

Should Spiritual Term Common Christianity Environment Immortality Organized Heritage Spiritual Life Correspondence

Author:Albert J. Nock

“There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically. Our wanting to reserve equal powers of reason as some universal heritage of humanity will not be enough to make it so.”

Should Reason Enough Humanity Evolution Prove Equal Intellectual Capacity Universal Firm Heritage Reserves Anticipate Equal Power

Book:Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science

Source: Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science

“I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our German heritage. It means that our character should take on the best of that which is American, and combine it with the best of that which is German. By doing this, we can best serve the American people and their civilization.”

People Should Mean Doe Character Civilization Healthy Favors Heritage

Author:Carl Schurz

“The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also the most terrible and inhuman. The rude, fierce settler who drives the savage from the land lays all civilized mankind under a debt to him. ...[I]t is of incalculable importance that America, Australia, and Siberia should pass out of the hands of their red, black, and yellow aboriginal owners, and become the heritage of the dominant world races.”

“Ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to 'African-American.' My maternal grandmother was German and my maternal grandfather was Greek. The next time I fill out one of those forms I am going to check 'Other' and write in the truth about my racial and cultural heritage: 'African-Greek-German-American.' And proud of it.”

Thinking Should Writing America Form Next Proud Boxes Checks African American Greek Grandmother Heritage Grandfather Next Time Cultural Heritage Hominids

Book:Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time

Source: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time