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Excerpt from Religious Persecution: A Study in Political Psychology "In this respect, Religion, according to common practice in many sects, may be compared to that sort of courtship of which the fair sex are known often to complain. In the beginning of an Amour when these innocent Charmers are first accosted, they hear of nothing but tender Vows, Submission, Service, Love. But soon afterwards, when won by this appearance of Gentleness and Hum...

Excerpt from The Belief in Personal Immortality I have freely used the personal pronoun, as there may be many members of the Rationalist Press Association who disagree with my own views on this question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technolog...

Excerpt from The Case for Liberty In the early months of 1916 I wrote a book entitled The Decline of Liberty in England. It was composed in illness and in a period of acute anxiety about causes and individuals. Like many others I then feared that even if the Central Powers were defeated the British Empire would by victory be converted to Prussian ideals. Yet to-day as I write these words the Central Powers are defeated and the Allies are layi...

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