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'Very well, my dear uncle,' I would reply-in my heart I felt inclined to say, 'You old idiot! it is just that which I am blaming you for. Freemasonry is the stronghold, of those who are demolishing all deities.'

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'We are raising up a religion against a religion Free Thought will kill clericalism. To all my arguments my uncle's reply used to be: I see no harm in it, for they put into practice the Christian precept: 'Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you.' The only difference consists in the tickling, but it does not seem worth while to make such a fuss about lending a poor devil half a crown. What is their object? Mutual help to be obtained by tickling the palms of each other's hands. That is my opinion, and I maintain it if we must have any religion at all, the old one is good enough for me. My uncle was a Freemason, and I used to declare that they are stupider than old women devotees. I myself am a Freethinker I revolt at all dogmas, but feel no anger toward places of worship, be they Catholic, Apostolic, Roman, Protestant, Greek, Russian, Buddhist, Jewish, or Mohammedan. Now, when beliefs are unreasonable, one should have all or none at all. He would shake his fist and make grimaces at him, and would then touch a piece of iron when the priest's back was turned, forgetting that the latter action showed a belief after all, the belief in the evil eye. The very sight of a priest threw my uncle into a violent rage.

Some people are often religious for the same reason. Some people are Freethinkers from sheer stupidity.

Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe.The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett.The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane.The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne.