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Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap July 14, 2007E-mail this story E-mail this story
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Dr. Emanuel Bronner created "Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap" in 1947 after he escaped a mental institution. The soap is liquid and peppermint-infused and the bottles really stand out. They're covered in white text -- over 30,000 words -- of quotes ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Mother Teresa. Sort of odd for a soap bottle. Weekend America talks with Emanuel Bronner's son, Ralph Bronner, about his eccentric dad's mission, that reached far beyond soap.

An Excerpt from Dr. Bronner's PEPPERMINT 18-in-1


The whole World is our country, our Fatherland, because all mankind are born its Citizens! We're all Brothers and Sisters because One, ever-loving Eternal Father is our only God, our only Religion, that Re-unites God's legion! For we're All-One or none. "Listen Children Eternal Father Eternal One!"
There are brave souls who dare to dream that men are brothers and not foes, That hands may clasp across the seas to common good, to common woes. That beneath God's Law, the Essene Moral ABC, that 6 billion strong unites All-One- God-Faith men will embrace in brother-love to never kill in bitter hate. Who dare to hear the mighty truth, reverberating through long years, that faith- love-courage conquer fear & teamwork heal a nation's tears. Though flood & fire sweep the old earth's sod, & raging wars and evils wreck its calm, still through the awful tumult there is God our glorious world within His upraised palm. Among the journeying stars, the moon, the sun that have not failed because of that great might, with other pilgrim planets, we are one held in His hand, kept in His steadfast sight. Amidst the cannons roar you can hear God's voice: "Replace half truth, our real enemy, that age old hate" with full truth, hard work, God's Law uniting mankind in All-One-God-Faith! For centuries man struggles half asleep, half living, small & jealous, bickering with mountains of red tape to be awakened, the night God chose giving His great reward for hard work: Poetry, uniting Love, evolving man above the ape! Machine age man is full of sense & nonsense, fear, greed & jealousy, destroy his every land; Today, this whole wide world craves love-faith-courage united by the Moral ABC we stand! FROM THE ARMY OF PRINCIPLES BY THOS. PAINE, 1799: _________________________________________

1st: "A Human being works hard to teach 'Love His Enemy' to help unite all mankind free or that being is not yet human!" Mark Spitz delivers 8 Olympic gold medals to Soviet athletes, to practice Jesus full-truth #1. Exceptions? None!

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22: Small minds decay! Average minds delay! Great minds teach All-One today! Win Victory-Unity & all stand by you! Delay-divide, all deny you! Remember: The only difference between the brave and the coward, is the brave has an ideal to fight for, such as helping teach the whole Human race the Moral ABC of All-One- God-Faith, lightning-like 6 billion strong & we're All-One! All-One! As astronomers Abraham & Israel teach since the Year One: "Listen Children Eternal Father Eternal One!" See 22 Manual of Discipline by Rabbi Jesus on 'Dr. Bronner's Eucalyptus Soap' quarts!

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76: "Americanism is the knowledge of, the loyalty, inspiration or attachment to the 'Army of Principles of All-One-God-Faith', that lightning-like unite the Human race! For we're All-One or none! Exceptions eternally? Absolutely none!", Noah Webster.

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84: "We can no longer live half-slave, half-free! We unite the Human race in All-One-God-Faith or perish by half-true hate! For we're All-One or none!", Abraham Lincoln.

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93: "Government, like fire, is our most useful servant, if fully controlled by us, its Citizens, and government, exactly like fire, becomes our most destructive master if not fully controlled by us, the open majority of its productive working Citizens! Only united-armed-vigilant & trained, Swiss 6000 year Peace & Freedom reigned! Exceptions? None!", from 'The Army of Principles' by George Washington.

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95: "I've never stooped so low as to hate any man! For I've learned that in the long run, all mankind needs-wants-loves whatever good work you've done! Regardless of your race, color, nationality or religion!", Booker T. Washington, born a slave!

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98: "If ever One Religion re-unites God's legions, it'll be by omitting all half-truths added onto All-One-God-Faith, that lightning-like unites the Human race, for We're All-One or none! Listen Children Eternal Father Eternal One!", as teach since the Year One astronomers Abraham to Mohammed, inspired by the Messiah, Halley's Comet!

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99: "An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot! It will succeed where diplomacy may fail! It will always unite the Human race where all else divides All-One-God-Faith!" From American founding father, the world's first steel-bridge builder, Thomas Paine's 8 great books, not taught since 1799!

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106: The trouble is that the wrong people are always the most enegetic, united & intense, dividing the hard-workers to lose in self-defense! That fact alone brings Hitlers & Stalins to power & that fact will only change when we rally- raise-train-evolve-unite the whole Human race with the Moral ABC in All-One- God-Faith!

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107: The intensity of man's emotions is a greater driving force & more decisive than the sum total of his education, his money, plus the size of his brain! Proof: Einstein!

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THE MORAL ABC, INTRODUCED BY KIPLING'S "IF" and SOAPMAKER BRONNER If you can talk to crowds & keep your virtue, or walk with kings & not lose that common touch! If neither loving friend nor enemy can hurt you; If all men count with you, but no one too much! If you can work hard to teach each unforgiving minute All-One-God-Faith mason Hillel taught carpenter Jesus to unite the Human race, come hell, hate, ban, you'll enjoy God's Spaceship Earth & do great work within it; & which is more my son, you'll be a man! A Man! Sure, East is East & West is West & never the twain shall meet! But there is neither East nor West, nor border, breed nor birth, once the Moral ABC unites all mankind free on God's spaceship Earth! Then & only then, no matter how rough the trip, how charged with punishment the scroll, you are the captain of thy ship, the master of thy soul!