XXXVII On Hearing Mozart 86 XXXVIII The Road to Doubt 87 XXXIX A New Use for Churches 88 XL The Root of Religion 90 XLI Free Will 91 XLII Quid est Veritas? 95 XLIII The Doubter's Reward 96 XLIV Before the Altar 97 XLV The Mask 98 XLVI Pia Veneziani, poi Cristiani 99 XLVII Off Again, On Again 101 XLVIII Theology 102 XLIX Exemplia Gratia 103 DAMN! A BOOK OF CALUMNY I. PATER PATRIAE If George Washington were alive today, what a shining mark he would be for the whole camorra of uplifters, forward-lookers and professional patriots! He was the Rockefeller of his time, the richest man in the United States, a promoter of stock companies, a land-grabber, an exploiter of mines and timber. He was a bitter opponent of foreign alliances, and denounced their evils in harsh, specific terms. He had a liking for all forthright and pugnacious men, and a contempt for lawyers, schoolmasters and all other such obscurantists. He was not pious. He drank whisky whenever he felt chilly, and kept a jug of it handy. He knew far more profanity than Scripture, and used and enjoyed it more. He had no belief in the infallible wisdom of the common people, but regarded them as inflammatory dolts, and tried to save the republic from them. He advocated no sure cure for all the sorrows of the world, and doubted that such a panacea existed. He took no interest in the private morals of his neighbors.