Discovery: Or, The Spirit and Service of Science |
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... obtained , what is the use of it ? " The memorable reply was , " Madam , will you tell me the use of a new - born child ? " " Lecky , in the Introduction to his Democracy and Liberty , says that the whole great field of modern ...
... obtained , what is the use of it ? " The memorable reply was , " Madam , will you tell me the use of a new - born child ? " " Lecky , in the Introduction to his Democracy and Liberty , says that the whole great field of modern ...
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... obtained , is the last thought of a student of science . " I have no time to make money , " was the reply of the naturalist , Louis Agassiz , to an offer to lend himself to a legitimate and tempting financial scheme . Napoleon the Third ...
... obtained , is the last thought of a student of science . " I have no time to make money , " was the reply of the naturalist , Louis Agassiz , to an offer to lend himself to a legitimate and tempting financial scheme . Napoleon the Third ...
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... obtain credit for their work , but he particularly asked that no mention should be made of his name in connec- tion with this and like matters . " For I see not , " he added , “ what there is desirable in public esteem were I able to ...
... obtain credit for their work , but he particularly asked that no mention should be made of his name in connec- tion with this and like matters . " For I see not , " he added , “ what there is desirable in public esteem were I able to ...
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... obtained when it is realised that an educated man must know something of science as well as of literature . The supercilious manner in which science is often treated by men nourished in a purely literary atmo- sphere is illustrated by ...
... obtained when it is realised that an educated man must know something of science as well as of literature . The supercilious manner in which science is often treated by men nourished in a purely literary atmo- sphere is illustrated by ...
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... obtained of the starry heavens ; yet he pursues his inquiries into the unknown , and his children's children will continue the search . As we conquer peak after peak we see in front of us regions full of interest and beauty , but we do ...
... obtained of the starry heavens ; yet he pursues his inquiries into the unknown , and his children's children will continue the search . As we conquer peak after peak we see in front of us regions full of interest and beauty , but we do ...
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Page 44 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying : " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 15 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work, that, as a mechanism, it is capable of...
Page 15 - ... whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.
Page 277 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 44 - Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Page 292 - THE heavens declare the glory of God : and the firmament sheweth his handy-work. One day telleth another : and one night certifieth another. There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Page 220 - When the ear heard him, then it blessed him: and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him. Because he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him; and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 106 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Page 202 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Page 199 - I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence.