Blatchford, Robert, 1851-1943 / 2008-10-04 00:00:00
EBOOK, GOD AND MY NEIGHBOUR ***
Project Gutenberg e-text of
God and my Neighbour
by Robert Blatchford (17-Mar-1851 to 17-Dec-1943)
First published 1903.
Transcribed by The Freethought Archives
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOUR
by
ROBERT BLATCHFORD
("Nunquam")
To My Son
ROBERT CORRI BLATCHFORD
This book is dedicated
PREFACE
INFIDEL!
I put the word in capitals, because it is my new name, and I want
to get used to it.
INFIDEL!
The name has been bestowed on me by several Christian gentlemen as
a reproach, but to my ears it has a quaint and not unpleasing sound.
Infidel! "The notorious infidel editor of the _Clarion_" is the form
used by one True Believer. The words recurred to my mind suddenly,
while I was taking my favourite black pipe for a walk along "the
pleasant Strand," and I felt a smile glimmer within as I repeated them.
Which is worse, to be a Demagogue or an Infidel? I am both. For
while many professed Christians contrive to serve both God and Mammon,
the depravity of my nature seems to forbid my serving either.
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