Charles Bradlaugh People Quotations

No religion is suddenly rejected by any people; it is rather gradually outgrown. None sees a religion die; dead religions are like dead languages and obsolete customs: the decay is long and - like the glacier march - is perceptible only to the careful watcher by comparisons extending over long periods.

The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.