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One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.

One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Harry Emerson Fosdick
Science, Civilization, Shepherds
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1941). “Living under tension: sermons on Christianity today”

...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet now that it is here, one suspects that Hitler never could have consolidated his totalitarian control over Germany without its use. One never can tell what hands will reach out to lay hold on scientific gifts, or to what employment they will be put. Ever the old barbarian emerges, destructively using the new civilization.

Harry Emerson Fosdick
Science, Hands, Civilization
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1941). “Living under tension: sermons on Christianity today”

Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation.

Harry Emerson Fosdick
Science, Men, Years
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1941). “Living under tension: sermons on Christianity today”

Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not my will, but thine, be done." What, then, does a man mean by saying, Science displaces religion, when in this deep sense science itself springs from religion?

Harry Emerson Fosdick
Spring, Mean, Science
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1941). “Living under tension: sermons on Christianity today”

We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give them new expression in terms of the framework which our new knowledge gives us. Science forces religion to deal with new ideas in the theoretical realm and new forces in the practical realm.

Harry Emerson Fosdick
Spiritual, Knowledge, Science

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