An historical example of anthropomorphism in a scientists' writing:
"When God created the elements of which the earth is composed, He created certain wondrous forces, which are set free, and become evident when matter acts on matter. All the forces, with many differences, have much in common, and if one is free it will immediately endeavour to free its companions."
William Crookes
From the Preface to: Faraday, M. (1850). A course of six lectures on the various forces of matter and their relations to each other (W. Crookes, Ed. 2nd ed.).
Note: there is a general convention today in scientific writing that one only makes reference to natural causes (and do not refer to beleifs in a creator God, etc.) but this was always the case. See 'Science and religion'.
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