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Talks With an Old Friend of God 203things a million times, and look at a drop of water through it.You’ll see a whole new world full of unseen living creatures. Well,that too was a mystery once, but science has now explained it.”“I’ve heard about all that, my boy; people have told me manytimes about these things. And this is certainly great and gloriousknowledge. Whatever man has, has been given him by God, andwith good reason it was said that the Lord did breathe into manthe breath of life to live and learn.”“Of course, of course, but those are just commonplaces. You’renot really an enemy of science, are you? You wouldn’t be somesort of partisan of a state under church control or…But I don’tsuppose you’d understand…”“No, my friend, you’ve got me wrong; I’ve always respectedscience since I was a boy and, although I can’t understand itmyself, that’s all right: science may be beyond my ken, but itis within the ken of other men. And it’s best that way becausethen everyone has what comes to him, and not everyone is madeto understand science. Otherwise every man thinks he can doeverything and wants to astonish the whole world, and I’d be theworst of them all perhaps if I had the skill to do it. But since I don’thave those skills, how can I hold forth before others, ignorant asI am? But you’re young and clever and, since you’ve been giventhese advantages, go ahead and study. Get to know everything sothat if you meet a godless man or a man with evil intentions, youcan answer him properly, and his wicked and impious words willnot befog your young mind…As to that glass you mentioned,I’ve seen it; in fact, the last time was not so very long ago…”He took a deep breath and sighed. No doubt about it: he wasenjoying talking to me very much indeed. He was very anxious tocommunicate. Moreover, I’m sure I’m not just imagining thingsif I say that at certain moments he looked at me with a strange,