A few hundred years ago, when conformity to prescribed dogma was considered a virtue,
men were proud to proclaim their strict adherence to the belief of their ancient ancestors. But today when the mind of man
is expanding freely with such great results of practical knowledge, we need no longer fear to express our faith in new ideas.
We need no longer, for instance, fear to discuss openly our belief in the existence of human intelligence upon other planets.
In fact, today the man who believes that this world is the only inhabited planet and that
the suns and stars and planets of the great universe were placed there for the delight of earth-men,
are marked as colossal egotists whose limited attitude of mind is a mark of demerit upon the ledger of human evolvement.