They that deny a God destroy mans nobility for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. (Francis Bacon)

They that deny a God destroy mans nobility for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.

Francis Bacon

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