The rich have tried to choke them off with religion instead, because it came cheaper and was less troublesome to produce." "Then do you think that the love of beauty will elevate these people more and make them happier than Christianity has done ?" "Most assuredly I do.

Had our climate been sunnier and the fight for existence less bitter, I believe that Christianity would have died out in England years ago; but the worship of sorrow will always have its attractions for the sorrowful; and the doctrine of renunciation will never be without its charm for those unfortunate ones to whom poverty and disease have stood sponsors, and have renounced all life's good things in their name before ever they saw the light.

Man makes his god in his own image; and thus it comes to pass that while the strong and joyous Greek adored Zeus on Olympus, the anaemic and neurotic Englishman worships Christ on Calvary.

Do you tell me that if people were happy they would bow down before a stricken and crucified God?
Not they.

And I want to make them so happy that they shall cease to have any desire for a suffering Deity." "Well, you have made them happy enough for to-day, at any rate," said Elisabeth, as she looked up at him with gratitude and admiration.