21 JUNE 1969, Page 29

Sir: May I ask, through you, whether any of your

readers can help me to recover a quotation. It was spoken or written towards the end of the last century by one of the popularisers of the scientific outlook. But at some point he said, 'the time will come when science will be the religion of the stupid' or words to that effect. Who said it, in what exact words, when and where? • Richard Acland St. Luke's College, Broadclyst, Exeter