Modern Review March 1933

It needs to be understood that the reason why Paine was so hostile to the doctrine of Bible infallibility and felt the need of destroying it in the interest of religion was that the main body of the Christian Church had made the doctrine the basis of an unutterably shocking system of theology which consigned nine-tenths of the human race to a hell of endless torment. [...] The claims are made which seem all to be welfounded that he was the first to advocate legal justice to women including legal equality with men ; the first to suggest more rational ideas of marriage and divorce ; the first to propose the eduction of the children of the poor at public expense including girls as well as boys ; the first to propose and defend the demand "the land for the peo [...] We have the highest regard for the law and the distinguished Commander of the White City.' 'Al.' purred the pleased Commander 'that alters the aspect of the whole matter. [...] In paragraph 4 of the above Resolution the Government of Bengal my that they are satisfied "that Bengal is one of the Provinces in which the application of the general criteria of untouchability would mutt in a definition (of depressed classes) unsuitable to the special conditions of the Province." But the Resolution is silent no to what the special conditions of Bangui are which render the gener [...] pants 339-13 are of opinion that it is of the greatest" importance that the interestsof the people who "live a life entirely apart from the rest of the population of India should be protected by effective representations in the council or if this is not possible by some other arrangements in the new Constitution." The Indian Franchise Committee accept the view "that the aboriginals are an en