No real excellence can be inextricably bound up with unfounded beliefs ; and if theological beliefs are unfounded, they cannot be necessary for the preservation of what is good in the religious outlook. To think otherwise is to be filled with fears as to what we may discover, which will interfere with our attempts to understand the world ; but it is only in the measure in which we achieve such understanding that true wisdom becomes possible.
Source: Religion and Science, 1935, chapt. 1.
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