John Burroughs Quote

The mysteries of religion are of a different order from those of science; they are parts of an arbitrary system of man's own creation; they contradict our reason and our experience, while the mysteries of science are revealed by our reason, and transcend our experience.


Scientific Faith, The Atlantic Monthly, July 1915 (p. 33)


The mysteries of religion are of a different order from those of science; they are parts of an arbitrary system of man's own creation; they...

The mysteries of religion are of a different order from those of science; they are parts of an arbitrary system of man's own creation; they...

The mysteries of religion are of a different order from those of science; they are parts of an arbitrary system of man's own creation; they...

The mysteries of religion are of a different order from those of science; they are parts of an arbitrary system of man's own creation; they...