“In science he could see nothing useful to mankind.”

— Robert Hunter (author)

Source: Why We Fail as Christians (1919), p. 76-77
Context: In science he could see nothing useful to mankind.... He advised the scientist the surgeon the teacher and the artist to go and live as the poor live and try to minister to their actual wants instead of counting up insects chemically analyzing the contents of the Milky Way painting water nymphs and historical pictures writing novels and composing symphonies.

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American sociologist, author, golf course architect 1874–1942

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