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Who science has and art
He has religion too
Who neither of them owns
Religion is his due.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre (Apprenticeship) (1786)

Wer Wissenschaft und Kunst besitzt,
Hat auch Religion
Wer jene beiden nicht besitzt
Der habe Religion

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"The man who science has and art, He also has religion. But he who is devoid of both, He surely needs religion." (as quoted in "Homilies of science" by Paul Carus (1892) and The Open Court, Weekly Journal, Vol. II (1887).

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