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New truths in science are often condemned and 25 years ago it was…
Quote byBenjamin Fish Austin · 1850–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermon (1899).
English (original)
New truths in science are often condemned and 25 years ago it was very common and very popular for preachers to sneer at the evolution theory, but to-day it is no longer sneered at, for there is arising in all intelligent minds who have candidly examined the evidence the conviction that this was the method of creation, and no scientist of note to-day denies it.
— Benjamin Fish Austin
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