I Suppose The Process Of Acceptance Will

The Future Will Be No Primrose Path. It Will Have Its Own Problems. Some Will Be The Secular Problems Of The Past, Giant Flowers Of Evil Blossoming At Last To Their Own Destruction. Others Will Be Wholly New.

[children] Are Taught That It Is A Virtue To Accept Statements Without Adequate Evidence, Which Leaves Them A Prey To Quacks Of Every Kind In Later Life, And Makes It Very Difficult For Them To Accept The Methods Of Thought Which Are Successful In Science.

The Advance Of Scientific Knowledge Does Not Seem To Make Either Our Universe Or Our Inner Life In It Any Less Mysterious.

Science Affects The Average Man And Woman In Two Ways Already. He Or She Benefits By Its Application Driving A Motor-car Or Omnibus Instead Of A Horse-drawn Vehicle, Being Treated For Disease By A Doctor Or Surgeon Rather Than A Witch, And Being Killed With An Automatic Pistol Or Shell In Place Of A Dagger Or A Battle-axe.

If One Could Conclude As To The Nature Of The Creator From A Study Of Creation It Would Appear That God Has An Inordinate Fondness For Stars And Beetles.