18th AND 19th CENTURY SCIENTISTS

Prior to the middle of the 1800s, scientists were researchers
who firmly believed that all nature was made
by a Master Designer. Those pioneers who laid the foundations
of modern science were creationists. They were
men of giant intellect who struggled against great odds in
carrying on their work. They were hard-working researchers.

In contrast, the philosophers sat around, hardly stirring
from their armchairs and theorized about everything
while the scientists, ignoring them, kept at their work.

Science vs. Evolution, p. 17