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Science is universally verified knowledge of a real universe which includes countless individuals; and the very definition of a fool is one who conceives himself wiser than science.

Francis Ellingwood Abbot

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Francis Ellingwood Abbot

Francis Ellingwood Abbot

Born: November 6, 1836
Died: October 23, 1903 (aged 66)
Bio: Francis Ellingwood Abbot was an American philosopher and theologian who sought to reconstruct theology in accord with scientific method.
Known for:
  1. Scientific theism (1885)
  2. If ever two were one

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