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    Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house

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All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

by Sir Humphrey Davy Found in: Science Quotes,
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True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time read more

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.

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Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.

Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

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A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

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Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

by Isaac Asimov Found in: Science Quotes,
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'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.

'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.

by James Beattie Found in: Science Quotes,
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What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Science Quotes,
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