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3b54aa5 As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating the most absurd propositions with faces solemn as stupidity touched by fear. It is a part of their business to malign and vilify the , , , , Tyndalls, , , , and Drapers, and to bow with uncovered heads before the murderers, adulterers, and persecutors of the world. They are, for the most part, engaged in poisoning the minds of the young, prejudicing children against science, teaching the astronomy and geology of the bible, and inducing all to desert the sublime standard of reason. adulterers afterlife alexander-humboldt alexander-von-humboldt astronomy charles-darwin children-science darwin david-hume draper ernst-haeckel fear geology haeckel herbert-spencer humboldt hume john-draper john-tyndall john-william-draper knowledge mind murderers paine persecutors poison power prejudice propositions reason spencer stupidity sublime theologian theologians theology thomas-paine tyndall vilify voltaire wilhelm-humboldt wilhelm-von-humboldt world Robert G. Ingersoll
1279e8f In fact a favourite problem of is--Given the molecular forces in a mutton chop, deduce Hamlet or Faust therefrom. He is confident that the Physics of the Future will solve this easily. faust favorite forces future goethe hamlet johann-wolfgang-von-goethe john-tyndall physics problem science shakespeare tyndall william-shakespeare Thomas Henry Huxley