REFLECTIONS

D.M. Bennett
THE FOUNDER OF THE "TRUTH SEEKER".
THE DEFENDER OF LIBERTY, AND ITS MARTYR.
THE EDITOR TIRELESS AND FEARLESS.
THE ENEMY OF SUPERSTITION,
AS OF IGNORANCE, ITS MOTHER.
THE TEACHER OF MULTIDUDES
THE FRIEND FAITHFUL, AND KIND.
THE MAN HONEST AND TRUE
RESTS HERE
THOUGH DEAD HE STILL SPEAKS TO US AND ASKS
THAT WE CONTINUE THE WORK HE LEFT UNFINISHED

WHEN THE INNOCENT IS CONVICTED,
THE COURT IS CONDEMNED.

DEMONSTRATED SCIENCE MAY BE REGARDED AS THE ONLY TRUE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE. WHAT IS CALLED REVELATION IS A SNARE, A DELUSION, A FALSEHOOD. THOSE WHO CLAIM TO SPEAK FOR THE GODS SIMPLY SPEAK THEIR OWN THOUGHT. THE GODS DO NOT SPEAK, THEY ARE AS DUMB AS THE ROCKS, THEY ARE AS SPEECHLESS AS THE GRAVE. WITH NATURE IT IS NOT SO. TO KNOW HER IS TO KNOW THE TRUTH, AND TO STUDY HER IS TO BE WISE.

THE OBJECT OF OUR LIVES SHOULD BE TO MAKE THE WORLD AS BEAUTIFUL, AND OURSELVES AND OUR FELLOWS AS HAPPY, AS IS IN OUR POWER. I CAN HARDLY YIELD MY CONSENT THAT THIS IS THE LAST OF OUR INDIVIDUALITY; AND I FONDLY THINK THAT FATHER AND MOTHER NATURE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE BEST, GREATEST, AND MOST DESIRABLE OF ALL PROBLEMS – A CONTINUED INDIVIDUAL EXISTENCE. BUT I AM BORROWING NO TROUBLE ABOUT IT.

I BELIEVE IN THE ETERNAL POWERS AND PRINCIPLES OF NATURE, IN THE SUPERIORITY OF GOOD LIVES, IN ACTS OF KINDNESS TOWARD OUR FELLOW-BEINGS, AND IN EFFORTS TO SPREAD THE LIGHT OF TRUTH OVER THE DARK SPOTS OF THE EARTH. EACH PERSON MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOOD OR ILL HE DOES. HERE IS OUR DUTY, HERE IS OUR ALLEGIANCE, AND NOT IN THE SKY ABOVE US. WE MUST MAKE OUR HEAVEN ON THE EARTH, AND NOT IN THE AIR.

SOURCE: D.M. BENNETT THE TRUTH SEEKER by Roderick Bradford 2006