Book contents
- Frontmatter
- EXTRACT FROM THE DEED OF TRUST, ESTABLISHING THE MORSE LECTURESHIP
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LECTURE I CONDITIONS OF THE INQUIRY
- LECTURE II EXPERIENCE GATHERED FROM PAST CONFLICTS
- LECTURE III INORGANIC ELEMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE
- LECTURE IV ORGANIZED EXISTENCE. LIFE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
- LECTURE V RELATIONS OF LOWER AND HIGHER ORGANISMS
- LECTURE VI HIGHER ORGANISMS;—RESEMBLANCES AND CONTRASTS
- LECTURE VII MAN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD
- LECTURE VIII DIVINE INTERPOSITION FOR MORAL GOVERNMENT
- APPENDIX
- Frontmatter
- EXTRACT FROM THE DEED OF TRUST, ESTABLISHING THE MORSE LECTURESHIP
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LECTURE I CONDITIONS OF THE INQUIRY
- LECTURE II EXPERIENCE GATHERED FROM PAST CONFLICTS
- LECTURE III INORGANIC ELEMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE
- LECTURE IV ORGANIZED EXISTENCE. LIFE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
- LECTURE V RELATIONS OF LOWER AND HIGHER ORGANISMS
- LECTURE VI HIGHER ORGANISMS;—RESEMBLANCES AND CONTRASTS
- LECTURE VII MAN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD
- LECTURE VIII DIVINE INTERPOSITION FOR MORAL GOVERNMENT
- APPENDIX
Summary
RELATIONS OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION
“He who contemplates the universe from the religious point of view, must learn to see that this which we call science, is one constituent of the great whole; and as such ought to be regarded with a sentiment like that which the remainder excites. While he who contemplates the universe from the scientific point of view, must learn to see that this which we call Religion is similarly a constituent of the great whole; and being such, must be treated as a subject of science with no more prejudice than any other reality. It behooves each party to strive to understand the other, with the conviction that the other has something worthy to be understood; and with the conviction that when mutually recognized this something will be the basis of a complete reconciliation.”—Herbert Spencer, First Principles, p. 21.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
Professor Tyndall, describing his own experiments, says, “The experiments have already extended to 105 instances, not one of which shows the least countenance to the doctrine of spontaneous generation.” Communicated to Royal Society of London, Decemper 21, 1876.—Nature, vol. xv. p. 303.
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- The Relations of Science and ReligionThe Morse Lecture, 1880, pp. 311 - 323Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1881