There Can Be No Truce Between Science

If One Could Conclude As To The Nature Of The Creator From A Study Of Creation It Would Appear That God Has An Inordinate Fondness For Stars And Beetles.

We Must Learn Not To Take Traditional Morals Too Seriously. And It Is Just Because Even The Least Dogmatic Of Religions Tends To Associate Itself With Some Kind Of Unalterable Moral Tradition, That There Can Be No Truce Between Science And Religion.

Science Affects The Average Man And Woman In Two Ways Already. He Or She Benefits By Its Application Driving A Motor-car Or Omnibus Instead Of A Horse-drawn Vehicle, Being Treated For Disease By A Doctor Or Surgeon Rather Than A Witch, And Being Killed With An Automatic Pistol Or Shell In Place Of A Dagger Or A Battle-axe.

Religion Is Still Parasitic In The Interstices Of Our Knowledge Which Have Not Yet Been Filled. Like Bed-bugs In The Cracks Of Walls And Furniture, Miracles Lurk In The Lacunae Of Science. The Scientist Plasters Up These Cracks In Our Knowledge; The More Militant Rationalist Swats The Bugs In The Open. Both Have Their Proper Sphere And They Should Realize That They Are Allies.

Einstein - The Greatest Jew Since Jesus. I Have No Doubt That Einstein's Name Will Still Be Remembered And Revered When Lloyd George, Foch And William Hohenzollern Share With Charlie Chaplin That Ineluctable Oblivion Which Awaits The Uncreative Mind.