«هل توجد ديانة لها ما للعلم من دقة في التنبؤ وإمكانية التعويل عليها؟ لا يوجد دين واحد على هذا الكوكب لا يتوق إلى مقدرة يمكن أن تقارن بمقدرة العلم على التنبؤ بأحداث المستقبل، تلك المقدرة الدقيقة التي تتجللى مرارًا وتكرارًا أمام أنصار مذهب الشك. ولا توجد أي مؤسسة بشرية تقترب من هذا الذي يحققه العلم»

The idea that an infinite God, creator of all worlds, came to this grain of sand, learned the trade of a carpenter, discussed with Pharisees and scribes, and allowed a few infuriated Hebrews to put him to death that he might atone for the sins of men and redeem a few believers from the consequences of his own wrath, can find no lodgment in a good and natural brain.

What can be more certain than this, that no one should be so stupid and so arrogant as to believe that reason and intelligence are present in him but not in the heavens and in the world? Or that those things which are barely understood by the highest intellectual reasoning are kept in motion without any intelligence at all? As for the person who is not impelled to give thanks for the procession of the stars, the alternation of day and night, the regular succession of the seasons, and the fruits which are produced for our enjoyment — how can such a person be counted as human at all?