The threat to intellectual freedom is greater in our day than at any time since I660; but it does not now come from the Christian Churches. It comes from governments, which, owing to the modern danger of anarchy and chaos, have succeeded to the sacrosanct character formerly belonging to the ecclesiastical authorities.
Source:Religion and Science, 1935, chap.10: Conclusion.
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