If indeed there were a judgment-day, it would be for man to… - William Winwood Reade

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If indeed there were a judgment-day, it would be for man to appear at the bar not as a criminal but as accuser.

William Winwood Reade

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William Winwood Reade (December 26, 1838 – April 24, 1875) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, anthropologist and explorer born in Perthshire, Scotland. His best-known book, The Martyrdom of Man, was a controversial freethinking study of world history.

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The first rational exposition of the relations of mankind to the mystery which shrouds the how and wherefore of man’s existence.

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If indeed there were a judgment-day, it would be for man to appear at the bar not as a criminal but as accuser. - William Winwood Reade

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