undevout
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"An undevout astronomer is mad" was one of his favorite quotations.
From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria
Devotion, when lukewarm, is undevout; But when it glows, its heat is struck to heaven; To human hearts her golden harps are strung; High heaven’s orchestra chants amen to man.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Still undevout? unkindled?—Though high-taught, School’d by the skies, and pupil of the stars; Rank coward to the fashionable world!
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Mad, that he is, 'tis true, 83. --, pleasure in being, 129. --, an undevout astronomer is, 157.
From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John
The character of modern thought would appear to a Greek returned to earth very sober, unsplendid, undevout, and intrusive.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
