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![[Cover, page 17, clockwise from upper left:] "Blaze away," says Dr. Talmage. Is a new religion coming? "By their fruits ye shall know them." "I came into the world asking 'Why?'" "It simply cannot be explained." "Not many wise, not many mighty are called." Every man his creeds. "Lest I be charged with stealing my own sermons."](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5040627&t=b)
![[Page 18, clockwise from upper left:] "'Away with him,' cries the world." "A theory at war with the whole system of religion." "This poor woman cried, 'I do believe.'" "They have crossed the Sahara of doubt." The doctor quotes from the Good Book. "Every man has a guardian angel and a devil. "I am positive of its miraculous nature." "Clergymen are everybody's servant." [Center from left:] "A mountain of condemnation on the woman." He discusses the faith cure. "A right to do as they please in such matters."](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5040628&t=b)
![[Page 19, clockwise from upper left:] "Although I was born in New Jersey." "Get thee behind me, Satan." "How is one to get away with a mountain?" "Jefferson beat Aaron Burr by only one vote." "Not an iridescent dream." "The world grows constantly better." "I do not believe anything so discouraging." "I have nothing to do with these attacks." "Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work." [Center, from left:] "Working their nerves into fiddle strings." "I believe in a personal devil." "I look upon every newspaper man as my friend."](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5040629&t=b)
![[Page 20, clockwise from upper left:] 'Labor has a sad story to tell." The doctor makes a mem. of the point. Dr. Talmage discusses club life. "Good-day," said Dr. Talmage." "Marriage is a through vestibule express." "Antagonism between capital and labor is absurd." "The never-ending battles of the poor." [Center:] "They have larger hearts and larger thoughts."](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5040630&t=b)
![Sermon on the "night side of city life," by the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, at the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday morning. [Lower left:] Singing "Hold the fort," Mr. Arbuckle motioning the audience to rise." [Remaining eight images on page are of Thomas De Witt Talmage's sermon, accompanied by quotes from it.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5040632&t=b)
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. ""You are not responsible for cranks." "How will you decide it?" "I direct the camera towards you."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860 - 1899. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d9bfc50-696e-0130-346a-58d385a7bbd0
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. ""You are not responsible for cranks." "How will you decide it?" "I direct the camera towards you."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d9bfc50-696e-0130-346a-58d385a7bbd0
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1860 - 1899). "You are not responsible for cranks." "How will you decide it?" "I direct the camera towards you." Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d9bfc50-696e-0130-346a-58d385a7bbd0
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