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

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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...