The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable.
It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible.
History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
Not far from the invention of fire we must rank the invention of doubt.
It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond the facts, rarely get as far.
The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist.