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FAIR PLAY,
Introduction.
On looking over these pages the Reader will find that this is purely a Free-thought publication, and it is perhaps unnecessary to state at length the object of its aim. A few words will therefore suffice for our Introduction.
In Ceylon, where free-thought is now rapidly advancing, one great draw-back is, that there is not a sufficient circulation of Free-thought papers, as in other Countries. This is, perhaps, mostly owing to the limited means of the people. Again, the advocates of all religious systems are many, and there is scarcely a single newspaper or periodical which does not support either one or the other of the prevailing systems of worships.
A purely Free-thought publication has never as yet been attempted in Ceylon.
Our aim is therefore to supply people of Ceylon with Extracts from Free-thought papers, which are not within the easy reach of many, with r…gard to religious subjects.
(From Boston Investigator.)
A Tilt with Talmage.
Talmage’s Intellectual Toadyism—Wherein the Preacher and the Agnostic Differ in Their Views as to the Origin of Things—Did God Create the World from Nothing?—Mr. Talmage Seems to think that the Flood Wasn’t Much of a Deluge After All—Just a Little Wet for that Part of Country—His Tendency to Belittle the Miracles of the Bible.
Col. Ingersoll is continually besought by ministers throughout the country to engage in a controversy with them upon the subject of religion. Col. Ingersoll has never refused to enter into a controversy where the person desiring to so engage is of sufficient importance to make him worth answering. Recently Mr., <... continues on page 14-8 >
Editor's notes
- ↑ The blue handwritten abbreviation above the masthead is partly unclear. Two short upright blue strokes appear farther to the right. The writer has not been identified.
- ↑ Introduction. by unknown author, Fair Play, Colombo, July 1882
- ↑ A Tilt with Talmage. by unknown author, Fair Play, Colombo, July 1882; reprinted from Boston Investigator. A dark line crosses the title and subtitle area; its purpose and origin have not been established.