VML-1/20/02

[Guest guest]

In American there was a great agnostic, a very noble man, a very good

man, and a very fine speaker. He lectured on religion, which he said

was of no use why bother our heads about other worlds? He employed

this simile; we have an orange here, and we want to squeeze all the

juice out of it. I met him once and said, " I agree with you

entirely. I have some fruit, and I want to squeeze out the juice. Our

difference lies in the choice of the fruit. You want an orange and I

prefer a mango. You think it is enough to eat and drink and have a

little scientific knowledge; but you have no right to say that that

will suit all tastes.