“A religion of bigotry and sectarianism … becomes, not a religion of life, but a religion of one special department and thus a man may be religious on one plane and entirely irreligious on another.”

— Cora L. V. Scott

“The Religion of Life” (1858)

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American spiritualist, writer 1840–1923

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“A religion of bigotry and sectarianism … becomes, not a religion of life, but a religion of one special department and thus a man may be religious on one plane and entirely irreligious on another.”

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