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Nature about us may have lost the glory of paradise by reason of sin, and the earth may bear thorns and thistles so that we can eat our bread only in the sweat of our brow; notwithstanding all this the chief aim of all human effort remains what it was by virtue of our creation and before the fall, –namely dominion over nature.

Abraham Kuyper — Lectures on Calvinism (Stone Lectures, 1898)

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Cover of Lectures on Calvinism (Stone Lectures, 1898)
Primary text - Lecture III: Calvinism and Politics, p. 89
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