LEMUEL K. WASHBURN

(Lemuel Kelley Washburn)


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Lemuel K. Washburn

Priests will pardon thieves but not philosophers.
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become very critical of organized and orthodox religion of all kinds.

Lemuel K. Washburn

The truths which God revealed have been overthrown by the truths which man has discovered.
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become very critical of organized and orthodox religion of all kinds.

Lemuel K. Washburn

An oath is the liar's retreat. Behind it falsehood puts on the robes of truth. The perjurer delights in swearing, for the act invests him with the appearance of honesty. An oath makes the tongue of vice as pure as the lips of virtue. It gives a rogue the weapon of the gentleman. It permits guilt to wear the dress of innocence. The man who is willing to tell the truth feels that his honesty is impeached when asked to take an oath
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become quite atheistic.

Lemuel K. Washburn

There seems to be an idea abroad in this land as well as in others, that a certain class of people are for the purpose of producing servants for another class of people, and that this servant-producing class has no right to give their children an education that is calculated to elevate them above the position of their parents. We are not in sympathy with this idea.
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become quite atheistic.

Lemuel K. Washburn

A marriage in which a woman is daily made to feel her dependence upon a man, is attended with the gravest moral perils. The only just rule is for the husband to allow his wife a fair share of his income, for her to do with as she pleases.
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become quite atheistic.

Lemuel K. Washburn

We say, pay talent well and genius generously, but pay well also the arm that toils; pay the needle, the saw, the spade, the hoe, the mop.
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become quite atheistic.

Lemuel K. Washburn

It is necessary to distinguish between the virtue and the vice of obedience.
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become quite atheistic.

Lemuel K. Washburn

The main question that is decided by an election in our country is, which political party shall have the privilege of dispensing the offices of Government?
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become very critical of organized and orthodox religion of all kinds.

Lemuel K. Washburn

The world no longer permits the stronger to kill the weaker, but it allows the wealthy to oppress the poor. Money is holier than man. Human life is less sacred than property. To save a dollar is regarded as a more necessary virtue than to save a human heart. Society cares more for fortune than for truth.
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In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become quite atheistic.

Lemuel K. Washburn

If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?
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Lemuel Kelley Washburn (1846–1927) was an American Freethought writer.

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