Addressed to ‘religious investigators of every denomination’, this 1846 tract argues that religious error underlies political injustice and that atheism is a reasoned and moral position. Southwell, who had been imprisoned for blasphemy, takes apart the arguments of theists and pantheists alike with sharp, often mocking wit.
A landmark of early Victorian freethought, for readers interested in the history of secularism. Download the free EPUB.