that all creeds
have been produced by men, and that their differences have been
accounted for by race, climate, heredity--that is to say, by a
difference in circumstances. So we now know that the cause of
Liberalism is the cause of civilization. Unless the race is to be
a failure, the cause of Liberalism must succeed. Consequently, I
have the same faith in that cause that I have in the human race.

_Question_. Where are the most Liberals, and in what section of
the country is the best work for Liberalism being done?

_Answer_. The most Liberals are in the most intelligent section
of the United States. Where people think the most, there you will
find the most Liberals; where people think the least, you will find
the most bigots. Bigotry is produced by feeling--Liberalism by
thinking--that is to say, the one is a prejudice, the other a
principle. Every geologist, every astronomer, every scientist, is
doing a noble work for Liberalism. Every man who finds a fact,
and demonstrates it, is doing work for the cause. All the literature
of our time that is worth reading is on the liberal side. All the
fiction that really interests the human mind is with us. No one
cares to read the old theological works. Essays written by professors
of theological colleges are regarded, even by Christians, with a
kind of charitable contempt. When any demonstration of science is
attacked by a creed, or a passage of Scripture, all the intelligent
smile. For these reasons I think that the best work for Liberalism
is being done where the best work for science is being done--where
the best work for man is being accomplished. Every legislator that
assists in the repeal of theological laws is doing a great work
for Liberalism.

_Question_. In your opinion, what relation do Liberalism and
Prohibition bear to each other?

_Answer_. I do not think they have anything to do with each other.
They have nothing in common except this: The Prohibitionists, I
presume, are endeavoring to do what they can for temperance; so
all intelligent Liberals are doing what they can for the cause of
temperance. The Prohibitionist endeavors to accomplish his object
by legislation--the Liberalist by education, by civilization, by
example, by persuasion. The method of the Liberalist is good, that
of the Prohibitionist chimerical and fanatical.

_Question_. Do you think that Liberals should undertake a reform
in the marriage and divorce laws and rela