Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in tho…

Lord Kelvin
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Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in thought and criticism; but, with freedom, we are bound to come to the conclusion that science is not antagonistic to religion, but a help to it.
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