Thus A Man Was Born Into A Fixed Relation To Certain Gods As Surely As He Was Born Into A Relation To His Fellow-men; And His Religion... Was Simply One Side Of The General Scheme Of Conduct Prescribed For Him By His Position As A Member Of Society. - SearchQuotes

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Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men; and his religion... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society.

William Robertson Smith

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