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Science & Spirit (1865 words) |
 | Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thoroughgoing an association as possible. |
 | This means an intervention on the part of religion into the sphere of science; this is where the struggle of the Church against the doctrines of Galileo and Darwin belongs. |
 | It is the aim of science to establish general rules which determine the reciprocal connection of objects and events in time and space. |
| Science Fiction Prophecy (875 words) |
 | "Science Fiction Prophecy" is the title of John W Campbell's editorial in the November 1949 issue of Astounding. |
 | There's not much to say about this one -- it's probably the weakest story of the bunch, although de Camp (like all the other authors in the issue) was very much in the first rank of writers working at the time. |
 | A final twist on the subject of "science fiction prophecy". |