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The text of the Bible is but a feeble symbol of the Revelation held in the text of Men and Women.

— Havelock Ellis Impressions and Comments (1914)

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The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence, from Jerusalem, of a lunatic asylum.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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