undevout

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"The undevout astronomer is mad," said eighteenth-century deism: to-day we are more apt to think that the uncritical astronomer is dense.

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William

"An undevout astronomer is mad" was one of his favorite quotations.

From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria

Furthermore, admitting it to be an open question, neither proved nor disproved, but poised in equal uncertainty, still, it is not immoral nor undevout deeply to desire and fondly to hope a personal immortality.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Some undevout friends have rested satisfied with the belief that it was only a coincidence or an accidental repetition of a natural phenomenon.

From Health, Healing, and Faith by Conwell, Russell H.

Still more than the undevout astronomer, the undevout child under such influences is abnormal.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley