In a superstitious age, when every natural event is referred to a supernatural cause, science cannot live; and often as the sacred fire may be kindled by courageous farseeing souls, will it be quenched by the dense mist of ignorance around it.


History and Methods of Palaeontological Discoveries, Nature, Volume 20, September 18, 1879 (p. 498)

Othniel Charles Marsh Quotes

In a superstitious age, when every natural event is referred to a supernatural cause, science cannot live; and often as the sacred fire may be...

In a superstitious age, when every natural event is referred to a supernatural cause, science cannot live; and often as the sacred fire may be...

In a superstitious age, when every natural event is referred to a supernatural cause, science cannot live; and often as the sacred fire may be...

In a superstitious age, when every natural event is referred to a supernatural cause, science cannot live; and often as the sacred fire may be...