“Farsighted theologians are now working to mine the eternal metal from the teachings of Jesus and to forge it for all time.”

—  Max Planck

From Planck to Study (2 December 1913), (Autog. I/383, SPK); as quoted in The Dilemmas of an Upright Man : Max Planck As Spokesman for German Science (1986) by J. L. Heilbron, p. 67

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