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Harry Emerson Fosdick

(24 May 1878 - 5 Oct 1969)

American clergyman who promoted a liberal modernist Protestant theology. His sermons addressed contemporary problems, and he authored a number of popular books.

Science Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick (1)

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

'The Mystery of Life', Riverside Sermons (1958), 22.

See also: | Live (4) | Mystery (27) | Understanding (94) | World (45)

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