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The Fact That Mathematics Does Such A Good Job Of Describing The Universe Is A Mystery That We Don't Understand. And A Debt That We Will Probably Never Be Able To Repay.

Let Nobody Be Afraid Of True Freedom Of Thought. Let Us Be Free In Thought And Criticism; But, With Freedom, We Are Bound To Come To The Conclusion That Science Is Not Antagonistic To Religion, But A Help To It.

It Is Conceivable That Animal Life Might Have The Attribute Of Using The Heat Of Surrounding Matter, At Its Natural Temperature, As A Source Of Energy For Mechanical Effect . . . .the Influence Of Animal Or Vegetable Life On Matter Is Infinitely Beyond The Range Of Any Scientific Enquiry Hitherto Entered On. Its Power Of Directing The Motions Of Moving Particles, In The Demonstrated Daily Miracle Of Our Human Free-will, And In The Growth Of Generation After Generation Of Plants From A Single Seed, Are Infinitely Different From Any Possible Result Of The Fortuitous Concurrence Of Atoms.

We All Confidently Believe That There Are At Present, And Have Been From Time Immemorial, Many Worlds Of Life Besides Our Own. . . . [this] May Seem Wild, And Visionary; All I Maintain Is That It Is Not Unscientific.

Can You Measure It? Can You Express It In Figures? Can You Make A Model Of It? If Not, Your Theory Is Apt To Be Based More Upon Imagination Than Upon Knowledge.