...relinquish that imperious, that domineering position which she has so long maintained against Science. There must be absolute freedom for thought. The ecclesiastic...What was written by Esdras near the willow-fringed rivers of Babylon, more than twenty-three centuries ago, still holds good : " As for Truth it endureth...

...relinquish that imperious, that domineering position which she has so long maintained against science. There must be absolute freedom for thought. The ecclesiastic...his motives, will bear such interference no longer." These words of the learned historian seem hardly to require a serious answer. If religion must relinquish...

...relinquish that imperious, that domineering position which she has so long maintained against science. There must be absolute freedom for thought The ecclesiastic...What was written by Esdras, near the willow-fringed rivers of Babylon, more than twenty-three centuries ago, still holds good : ' As for truth, it endureth...

...the domain they have chosen, and cease to tyrannize over the philosopher, who, feeling well assured of his own strength and the purity of his motives, will bear such interference no longer." DILLON'S DESCRIPTION OF CATHOLICISM IN MEXICO. [Being, at the same time, a substantially true statement...

...domain they have chosen, and cease to tyrannize over the philosopher, who, feeling well assured of Ms own strength and the purity of his motives, will bear such interference no longer." DILLON'S DESCRIPTION OF CATHOLICISM IN MEXICO. [Being, at the same time, a substantially true statement...

...alignment with sectarian creeds. So far Draper and White were agreed. But whereas Draper declared that 'the ecclesiastic must learn to keep himself within...chosen, and cease to tyrannize over the philosopher', while at the same time making tyrannising statements such as 'faith must render an account of herself...

...relinquish that imperious, that domineering position which she has so long maintained against Science. There must be absolute freedom for thought. The ecclesiastic...purity of his motives, will bear such interference no longer.4 Not surprisingly, Draper's narrative of "ferocious theologians" hounding the pioneers of science...