“ As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating the most absurd propositions with faces solemn as stupidity touched by fear.It is a part… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ The real discoverer of South America was [Alexander von] Humboldt, since his work was more useful for our people than the work of all conquerors. Simon Bolivar
“ Columbus gave Europe a New World; [Alexander von] Humboldt made it known in its physical, material, intellectual, and moral aspects. José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero
“ If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they do now, there never could have been one believer in the doctrine of inspiration. If… Robert G. Ingersoll
