It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.

But unless some great revolution in nature modifies the present relative level between land and sea, it may safely be maintained that the present outer reef is the final southern boundary of the North American continent.

A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.

The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.

The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must change a monkey into a man.