Science, in the broadest sense, is simply that which may be verified; but how much of that which theology accepts and goes upon is verifiable by huma… - John Burroughs

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Science, in the broadest sense, is simply that which may be verified; but how much of that which theology accepts and goes upon is verifiable by human reason or experience?

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About John Burroughs

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist.

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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative; it is not till the second or third thought that doubt begins. Belief is so vital and necessary that one would say the tendency was made strong at the perpetual risk of extra belief and superstition; it were better to believe too much than not enough. Hence mankind have always believed too much, as if to make sure that the anchor hold. To believe just enough, to free his mind from all cant and from all illusion, and see things just as in themselves they are, is the aim of the philosopher or of the true skeptic.

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