"We fear not science. We deplore ignorance. If the men of science will be true to their reason, we will meet them on every field and teach them the harmonies of nature and of faith. We will show them how the human mind turns from the creature in all its variety and beauty to the creature's God."
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God and Reason: Lectures Upon the Primary Truths of Natural Religion (1884)
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Thomas Scott Preston
Thomas Scott Preston (23 July 1824 – 4 November 1891) was an American Catholic priest who served as the vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York.
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