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262 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
roneous, and injurious equally to religion and philosophy;
that there can be nofalse science, for if any
doctrine be not true, it is not science at all; that real
science is a mere statement of facts existing in nature
and their relations; and that if erroneous representations
of these be given, there is an answer to
them in nature, which religious, as well as other inquirers,
are bound to adduce; and I added, that, as I
rest my claims to public attention as a phrenologist
solely on the accordance of my doctrines with nature,
my own religious opinions have no more connection
with these facts, than the faith of a professor of mathematics
has with the truth of the propositions of
Euclid. I requested him to consider what a multitude
of powerful sects exist in this country, each differing
from the others in their interpretations of
Scripture, and in what a strange predicament science
would stand, if the members of each of them were to
refuse to recognise it, unless its professors agreed with
them in their religious belief; that there can be no
such thing as Unitarian science, Evangelical science,
Universalist science, and so forth; that I came to
teach natural truth to all sects, and declined to identify
Phrenology with any one of them; that my books
and my life were before the world, and as a tree is
known by its fruits, if any one felt an interest in my
own religious opinions as an individual, he could
judge of my faith from them. This exposition seemed
not at all to meet the views of the reverend gentleman;
but he was perfectly courteous and continued
to attend the lectures.
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/302/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.