We have no wish to play the martyr, but we should not object to take a part in dragging the monster of persecution into the light of day, even at the cost of some bites and scratches.

As the _Freethinker_ was intended to be a fighting organ, the savage hostility of the enemy is its best praise.

We mean to incur their hatred more and more.

The war with superstition should be ruthless.

We ask no quarter and we shall give none.
"Secondly, we have had to encounter the dislike of mealy-mouthed Freethinkers, who want omelettes without breaking of eggs and revolutions without shedding of blood.