Excerpt from Religion of Man and Ethics of Science The past has been the Age of the Gods; the Present is the Age of Man. Not servile trust in the Gods, but knowledge of the laws of the world; belief in the Divinity of Man and his advancement toward perfection is the foundation of the Religion of Man the Ethics of Knowledge. The Religion of the Gods comes from without, as a foreign system, to be received by the servile devotee; the Religion of Man originates from within, and is a normal growth of humanity. While all past ages have been employed in the study and illustration of the former system, not until recent times has the latter received attention. Those who have in the past dared advocate the rights of man have been mercilessly crucified. The field is new; broad as the universe; profound as the depths of space; as high as heaven. In its exploration, the old charts are worthless, the old guides are blind leaders of the blind, and not a step can be taken until the charms of superstition and bigotry are cast aside. Not alone the Manger-born, but every child is a divine child, and the Immaculate Mother is repeated in every human mother. 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 technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.