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We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were

We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order. – Asa Gray

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It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order. – Asa Gray

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