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John Burroughs

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

John Burroughs

Alone

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John Burroughs is saying that if we rely only on science and accept only what can be proven, traditional religious beliefs will no longer be valid. He suggests that strict adherence to scientific evidence excludes the old theological ideas.

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