The Historical Library contains material written before 1970, only. It is provided for research into the history of nontheism. It should not be considered or used as a source of up-to-date information.
Historical Library Disclaimer
The Historical Library contains writings written before 1970, only. For material written during or after 1970, please refer to the Modern Documents section of the Secular Web Library.
This Historical Library is provided for those doing research into the history of nontheism. It is not intended to be--and should not be used as--a source of modern, up-to-date information regarding atheistic issues. Those looking for modern critiques of theism should go to the Modern Documents section of the Secular Web Library.
All of the Historical Library authors are dead--and in many cases have been so for several decades. We will not reply to email addressed to dead authors, and therefore any email addressed to these authors will be ignored. Similarly, we do not reply to feedback regarding faulty scholarship on the part of dead authors, nor do we correct spelling errors and/or typographical errors (most of which result from the scanning and OCR process) in their articles.
Secret Instructions of the Society of Jesus Author UnknownOriginally circulated in Manuscript until 1612 when it was published in Cracow, Poland. Taken from the Edition Published in 1882 in Sanfrancisco, California. Preface By PeritusThe Jesuits are different. Every Catholic Priest knows this. The Jesuits have an uncanny manner financially. Operating behind the scenes, they […]
A Controversy Consisting of Papers By: Henry Wace, D.D.; Prof. Thomas H. Huxley; The Bishop of Peterborough; W. H. Mallock; and Mrs. Humphry Ward. NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1889 The undisputed interest taken in the recent controversy between the Rev. Dr. Henry Wace, Principal of King’s College, London, and Prof. Huxley, over the […]
(1879) Robert Green Ingersoll Cincinnati, Ohio, September 14, 1879 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Allow me to say that the cause nearest my heart, and to which I am willing to devote the remainder of my life, is the absolute, the absolute, enfranchisement of the human mind. I believe that the family is the unit of good […]
[NOTE: This essay appeared in New York, 1818, with an anonymous preface of which I quote the opening paragraph: “This tract is a chapter belonging to the Third Part of the “Age of Reason,” as will be seen by the references made in it to preceding articles, as forming part of the same work. It […]
I. AN ANSWER TO A FRIEND PARIS, May 12, 1797 IN your letter of the 20th of March, you give me several quotations from the Bible, which you call the ‘word of God,’ to shew me that my opinions on religion are wrong, and I could give you as many, from the same book to […]
1759 CANDIDE by Voltaire CHAPTER 1 How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle and How He Was Driven Thence In the country of Westphalia, in the castle of the most noble Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh, lived a youth whom Nature had endowed with a most sweet disposition. His face was the true index of […]
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