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Show Pasteur, the Catholic Scientist. The recent unveiling of the statue of Pasteur at Dole, France, was an occasion oc-casion when the sympathy of the world at large was at one with the French people. As was especially appropriate ap-propriate in the case of the great Christian scientist, the official ceremony cere-mony was preceded by a solemn mass for the repose of his soul. It will ever-be ever-be the glory of Pasteur that, far from allowing himself to become intoxicated like too many mediocre savants- by pride, this. French scientist became only the more firmly attached to his faith the further he advanced in his studies: thus furnishing a brilliant example of the truth of De Maistre's saying: "A little science draws one from religion: much science. brings one back into it." "But, after all," Pasteur Pas-teur was once asked, "how do you reconcile your discoveries with the teaching of the Bible?" "I will answer an-swer VOU." bt niiietl-u- renlied "when you have read the Bible and the commentaries com-mentaries of the exegetes." A needed lesson this for many a skeptic who has not condescended to consult the apologists for a solution of doubts held as irrefutable without examination. And Pasteur added: "My studies have led me to the faith of a Breton farmer. Had I pursued them further, I should probably have the faith of the Breton Bre-ton farmer's wife." Pasteur's whole career emphasized the fact that while experimental science is independent and supreme in its own domain, there exists a whole order of capital problems, prob-lems, having to do with the origin, destiny and moral life of man, which , are absolutely above and beyond that domain; which science is utterly powerless pow-erless to solve, and with which it is sheer imperinence for science to meddle. med-dle. Ave Maria. .t "i . ,.' |