The logical feebleness of science is not sufficiently borne… - John Tyndall

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The logical feebleness of science is not sufficiently borne in mind. It keeps down the weed of superstition, not by logic but by slowly rendering the mental soil unfit for its cultivation.

John Tyndall

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John Tyndall (August 2, 1820 – December 4, 1893) was an Irish physicist.

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