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All Scientists Have Found That Preconceived Notions, Dogmas, And All Personal Prejudice And Bias, Must Be Set Aside, Listening Patiently, Quietly And Reverently To The Lessons, One By One, Which Mother Nature Has To Teach, Shedding Light On That Which Was Before A Mystery, So That All Who Will May See And Know. She Conveys Her Truths Only To Those Who Are Passive And Receptive.

Science . . . Has Opened Our Eyes To The Vastness Of The Universe And Given Us Light, Truth And Freedom From Fear Where Once Was Darkness, Ignorance And Superstition. There Is No Personal Salvation, Except Through Science.

The Serenity Produced By The Contemplation And Philosophy Of Nature Is The Only Remedy For Prejudice, Superstition, And Inordinate Self-importance, Teaching Us That We Are All A Part Of Nature Herself, Strengthening The Bond Of Sympathy Which Should Exist Between Ourselves And Our Brother Man. . .

I Have Seen Myself Lose Intolerance, Narrowness, Bigotry, Complacence, Pride And A Whole Bushel-basket Of Other Intellectual Vices Through My Contact With Nature And With Men. And When You Take Weeds Out Of A Garden It Gives You Room To Grow Flowers. So, Every Time I Lost A Little Self-satisfaction, Or Arrogance, I Could Plant Some Broadness Or Love Of My Own In Its Place, And After A While The Garden Of My Mind Began To Bloom And Be Fragrant And I Found Myself Better Equipped For My Work And More Useful To Others As A Consequence.

Those Who Would Legislate Against The Teaching Of Evolution Should Also Legislate Against Gravity, Electricity And The Unreasonable Velocity Of Light, And Also, Should Introduce A Clause To Prevent The Use Of The Telescope, The Microscope And The Spectroscope Or Any Other Instrument Of Precision Which May In The Future Be Invented, Constructed Or Used For The Discovery Of Truth.