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An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science

An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science

Herbert Spencer appears as a statue of a large dog at the entrance to a public building emitting rays of light labeled “Science.” Many diminutive men, wearing over-sized top hats, scamper about with ladders and muzzles in an attempt to silence Spencer’s views on religion and science. On a nearby flagpole hangs a banner that states “Freedom of Thought.” Caption: “The Society for the Suppression of Blasphemous Literature proposes to get up cases against Professors Huxley and Tyndall, Herbert Spencer, and others who, by their writings, have sown widespread unbelief, and in some cases rank atheism.” Tel. London, March 5, 1883.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-03-14

Creator(s)

Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913