101: "The end of man, as disclosed by my creed of 1829, is obviously an earthly end, to be attained in this life.

Man was not made for God, and destined to find his beatitude in the possession of God his Supreme Good, the Supreme Good itself.

His end was happiness--not happiness in God, but in the possession of the good things of this world.

Our Lord had said, 'Be not anxious as to what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clothed; for after all these things do the heathen seek.' I gave Him a flat denial, and said, Be anxious; labor especially for these things, first for yourselves, then for others.

Enlarging, however, my views a little, I said, Man's end for which he is to labor is the well-being and happiness of man in this world--is to develop man's whole nature, and so to organize society and government as to secure all men a paradise on the earth.