I Do Not Feel Obliged

They Know That It Is Human Nature To Take Up Causes Whereby A Man May Oppress His Neighbor, No Matter How Unjustly. ... Hence They Have Had No Trouble In Finding Men Who Would Preach The Damnability And Heresy Of The New Doctrine From The Very Pulpit.

In Time You May Discover Everything That Can Be Discovered, And Still Your Progress Will Only Be Progress Away From Humanity. The Distance Between You And Them Can One Day Become So Great That Your Joyous Cry Over Some New Gain Could Be Answered By An Universal Shriek Of Horror.

I Believe That The Intention Of Holy Writ Was To Persuade Men Of The Truths Necessary To Salvation; Such As Neither Science Nor Other Means Could Render Credible, But Only The Voice Of The Holy Spirit.

The Prohibition Of Science Would Be Contrary To The Bible, Which In Hundreds Of Places Teaches Us How The Greatness And The Glory Of God Shine Forth Marvelously In All His Works, And Is To Be Read Above All In The Open Book Of The Heavens.

But Let Us Remember That We Are Dealing With Infinities And Indivisibles Both Of Which Transcend Our Finite Understanding, The Former On Account Of Their Magnitude, The Latter Because Of Their Smallness.