undevout

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An undevout astronomer is mad: True, all things speak a God; but, in the small Men trace out Him: in great He seizes man.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)

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

If it be true that an undevout astronomer is mad, then was Father Hell the sanest of men.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

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

It may well enough be true that the designedly untruthful historian, like the undevout astronomer, is an anomaly, for inaccuracy comes not from purpose, but from neglect.

From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford