He then thought it
possible that Plutarch might be turned to account on the food question
by revealing what those old Greeks and Romans ate to make them strong;
and so at last we gained our glorious Plutarch. Dick's "Christian
Philosopher," which I borrowed from a neighbor, I thought I might
venture to read in the open, trusting that the word "Christian" would
be proof against its cautious condemnation. But father balked at the
word "Philosopher," and quoted from the Bible a verse which spoke of
"philosophy falsely so-called." I then ventured to speak in defense of
the book, arguing that we could not do without at least a little of
the most useful kinds of philosophy.
"Yes, we can," he said with enthusiasm, "the Bible is the only book
human beings can possibly require throughout all the journey from
earth to heaven."
"But how," I contended, "can we find the way to heaven without the
Bible, and how after we grow old can we read the Bible without a
little helpful science? Just think, father, you cannot read your Bible
without spectacles, and millions of others are in the same fix; and
spectacles cannot be made without some knowledge of the science of
optics.
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