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I hate Science. It denies a man's responsibility for his own deeds, abolishes the brotherhood that springs from God's fatherhood. It is a hectoring, dictating expertise, which makes the least lovable of the Church Fathers seem liberal by contrast.

Source: Letter, 1 Jan. 1947, to poet Louis Zukofsky; in The Poetry of Basil Bunting, ch. 6, ed. Victoria Forde, 1991.
-- Basil Bunting, (Mar 1 1900-1985), English poet; His greatest popularity was during the 1960s as the leader of British literary avant-garde.

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