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Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no read more
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
For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality
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.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's
living at it.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's
living at it.
How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.
How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.
O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?
O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,
