In his philosophic dissertation “Kosmotheoros,” a posthumous work, he says in regard to the possibility of the celestial bodies being inhabited: “How could the investigator look up to God, the Creator of all these great worlds, otherwise but in the spirit of deepest reverence? Here it will be possible for us to find manifold proofs to demonstrate His providence and wonderful wisdom; likewise will our contemplation contend against those who are spreading false opinions, such as attributing the origin of the earth to the accidental union of atoms, or of the earth being without a beginning and without a creator.” Religious fervour is still more pronounced in _Huygens’_ contemporary, _Robert Boyle_ (died 1692), a son of Ireland. While he had made considerable achievements in physics, his chief fame lies in chemistry: he inaugurated the period in which chemistry became gradually an independent science. Although working in a different field of research, he is similar to _Newton_ in many respects: like _Newton_ and _Huygens_, his love of scientific studies induced him to remain unmarried, like _Newton_ he found his last resting place in Westminster Abbey, but chiefly he is like _Newton_ because of his pious, religious mind. He was much occupied with theological studies, and in them the demonstration from nature of the existence of God, and the author’s reverence for the Scriptures are most conspicuous: “In relation to the Bible,” he writes, “all the books of men, even the most learned, are like the planets that receive their light and brightness from the sun.” On his deathbed he made a foundation for apologetic lectures: the Boyle-lectures are held to this very day. We shall have to pass by others. We might point to the English philosopher and statesman, _Francis Bacon_ of Verulam (died 1626), who won his place in the history of natural science by his urging of the empiric method; we might point to _W. Harvey_ (died 1658), the discoverer of the blood-circulation, a man of earnest and simple piety; we might mention the pious _Albrecht von Haller_ (died 1777), _J. Bernouilli_ (died 1728) the co-inventor of integral calculus, the man of whom his great disciple _Euler_ relates that this _Bernouilli_, co-inventor of the most difficult of all calculations, this great mathematician, expressed regret in his old age that he had devoted so many years to science, and only few hours to religion, and that on his deathbed he admonished those around him to adhere to the Word of God because that alone is the word of life. We shall name but one more, a son of northern Sweden, the famous botanist, _Karl Linné_ (died 1778). He, too, found God in the living nature which he studied so diligently.