There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature…

There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps?

Henry Drummond

1894

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God of the gaps Science and religion Science Religion God

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Scientific literature

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1894

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Henry Drummond

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Drummond, Henry. The Ascent of Man. New York City: James Pott & Co., 1894, ch. 10.

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