Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Quotes

Whoever considers the study of anatomy, I believe will never be an atheist; the frame of man's body, and coherence of his parts, being so strange and paradoxical, that I hold it to be the greatest miracle of nature.

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

• Miracle
• I Believe
• Atheist
• Anatomy

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  Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
  • Miracle
  • I Believe
  • Atheist