Brother Francis Gerard
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"All right," Francis sighed, "I don't know. But I have a certain faith that the 'electron' existed at one time, although I don't know how it was constructed or what it might have been used for." (7.83)
The key word we picked out in this passage is faith. Francis puts his faith in science and technology the same way he'd put his faith in God because, at this point in history, neither can be proven. But once science enters the world as a physical thing—by way of technology—will it still be worthy of Francis's faith?