I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling better than anyone else can know it.
Asa GrayIndeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation I could most wish to win.
Asa GrayIt was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized.
Asa GrayFaith in order, which is the basis of science, cannot reasonably be separated from faith in an Ordainer, which is the basis of religion.
Asa Gray