nly the monsters
of the mind. The phantoms whom we are endeavoring to destroy do
not exist; they are all imaginary. They live in that undeveloped
or unexplored part of the mind that belongs to barbarism.

I have sometimes thought that a certain portion of the mind is
cultivated so that it rises above the surrounding faculties and is
like some peak that has lifted itself above the clouds, while all
the valleys below are dark or dim with mist and cloud. It is in
this valley-region, amid these mists, beneath these clouds, that
these monsters and phantoms are born. And there they will remain
until the mind sheds light--until the brain is developed.

One exceedingly important thing is to teach man that his mind has
limitations; that there are walls that he cannot scale--that he
cannot pierce, that he cannot dig under. When a man finds the
limitations of his own mind, he knows that other people's minds
have limitations. He, instead of believing what the priest says,
he asks the priest questions. In a few moments he finds that the
priest has been drawing on his imagination for what is beyond the
wall. Consequently he finds that the priest knows no more than
he, and it is impossible that he should know more than he.

An ignorant man has not the slightest suspicion of what a superior
man may do. Consequently, he is liable to become the victim of
the intelligent and cunning. A man wholly unacquainted with
chemistry, after having been shown a few wonders, is ready to
believe anything. But a chemist who knows something of the
limitations of that science--who knows what chemists have done and
who knows the nature of things--cannot be imposed upon. When no
one can be imposed upon, orthodox religion cannot exist. It is an
imposture, and there must be impostors and there must be victims,
or the religion cannot be a success.

Secularism cannot be a success, universally, as long as there is
an impostor or a victim. This is the difference: The foundation
of orthodox religion is imposture. The foundation of Secularism
is demonstration. Just to the extent that a man knows, he becomes
a Secularist.

_Question_. What do you think of the action of the Knights of
Labor in Indiana in turning out one of their members because he
was an Atheist, and because he objected to the reading of the Bible
at lodge meetings?

_Answer_. In my judgment, the Knights of Labor have made a great
mistake. They want liberty for themselve