The preacher then went on to criticise the attitude of religion towards science. "If there is still a feeling of hostility between... them ... it is no longer the fault of religion. There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is so no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum till the last atom of matter is reached; reflect and refine till the last element of thought is made clear; the church now knows with the certainty of science what she once knew only by the certainty of faith, that you will find enthroned behind all thought and matter only one central idea,--that idea which the church has never ceased to embody,--I AM!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We have tried so hard to adulterate our hearts, and have so greatly abused the microscope to study the hideous excrescences and sh...ameful warts which cover them and which we take pleasure in magnifying, that it is impossible for us to speak the language of other men.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Age. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are all aware that speech, like chemistry, has a structure. There is a limited set of elements--vowels and consonants--and thes...e are combined to produce words which, in turn, compound into sentences.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What an antithetical mind!--tenderness, roughness--delicacy, coarseness--sentiment, sensuality--soaring and grovelling, dirt and d...eity--all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden, the better for you; for compound interes...t on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Give a scientist a problem and he will probably provide a solution; historians and sociologists, by contrast, can offer only opini...ons. Ask a dozen chemists the composition of an organic compound such as methane, and within a short time all twelve will have come up with the same solution of CH4. Ask, however, a dozen economists or sociologists to provide policies to reduce unemployment or the level of crime and twelve widely differing opinions are likely to be offered.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »