Emma Goldman Quote

When primitive man heard thunder or saw the lightning, he could not account for either, and therefore concluded that back of them must be a force greater than himself. Similarly he saw a supernatural force in the rain, and in the various other changes in nature.


Emma Goldman: Making speech free, 1902-1909 (ed. Univ of California Press, 2004) - ISBN: 9780520225695


When primitive man heard thunder or saw the lightning, he could not account for either, and therefore concluded that back of them must be a force...

When primitive man heard thunder or saw the lightning, he could not account for either, and therefore concluded that back of them must be a force...

When primitive man heard thunder or saw the lightning, he could not account for either, and therefore concluded that back of them must be a force...

When primitive man heard thunder or saw the lightning, he could not account for either, and therefore concluded that back of them must be a force...