H. L. Mencken Quote

The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretences, and as certainly as if he granted that a horse-hair put into a bottle of water will turn into a snake.


Notebooks (1956) 'Minority Report'


The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretences, and as certainly as if he granted that a ...

The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretences, and as certainly as if he granted that a ...

The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretences, and as certainly as if he granted that a ...

The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretences, and as certainly as if he granted that a ...