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> [The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/the-pathetic-thing-about-it-is-that-many-scientists-are-trying-to/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

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## More by Robert Andrews Millikan

> [Just how we fit into the plans of the Great Architect and how much he has assigned us to do we do not know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/just-how-we-fit-into-the-plans-of-the-great-architect-and-how-much-he/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/there-is-no-likelihood-man-can-ever-tap-the-power-of-the-atom-the/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [One of the chief inhibitions to human progress arises because of the extreme slowness with which the advances in knowledge become translated into action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/one-of-the-chief-inhibitions-to-human-progress-arises-because-of-the/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [The fact that Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment, is nowhere better illustrated than in the two fields for slight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/the-fact-that-science-walks-forward-on-two-feet-namely-theory-and/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/civilization-consists-in-the-multiplication-and-refinement-of-human/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/the-pathetic-thing-about-it-is-that-many-scientists-are-trying-to/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/there-is-no-likelihood-that-man-can-ever-tap-the-power-of-the-atom/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/to-me-it-is-unthinkable-that-a-real-atheist-could-be-a-scientist/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/science-walks-forward-on-two-feet-namely-theory-and-experiment/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/we-have-been-forced-to-admit-for-the-first-time-in-history-not-only/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/cultivate-the-habit-of-attention-and-try-to-gain-opportunities-to/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/the-purpose-of-science-is-to-develop-without-prejudice-or/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [Interest and attention will insure to you an education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/interest-and-attention-will-insure-to-you-an-education/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/fullness-of-knowledge-always-and-necessarily-means-some-understanding/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

> [I conceive the essential task of religion to be "to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-andrews-millikan/i-conceive-the-essential-task-of-religion-to-be-to-develop-the/)

[Robert Andrews Millikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-andrews-millikan/)

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