Quote#Science & Reason
Science ever has been, and ever must be the safeguard of religion.…
Quote byDavid Brewster · 1781–1868
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian (1856), p. 132.
English (original)
Science ever has been, and ever must be the safeguard of religion. The grandeur of her truths may transcend our failing reason, but those who cherish and lean upon truths equally grand, but certainly more incomprehensible, ought to see in the marvels of the material world the best defence and illustration of the mysteries of their faith.
— David Brewster
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