For ages, a deadly conflict has been waged between a few brave men
and women of thought and genius upon the one side, and the great
ignorant religious mass on the other. This is the war between
Science and Faith. The few have appealed to reason, to honor,
to law, to freedom, to the known, and to happiness here in this
world. The many have appealed to prejudice, to fear, to miracle,
to slavery, to the unknown, and to misery hereafter. The few have
said, "Think!" The many have said, "Believe!"
--_Robert Ingersoll._
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