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John Herschel Quotes

God knows how ardently I wish I had ten lives Picture Quote #1

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Picture Quote #1

...Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we are never weary of admiring Picture Quote #1

The barrier has begun to yield Picture Quote #1

To the natural philosopher there is no natural object unimportant or trifling Picture Quote #1

Self respect is the cornerstone of all virtue Picture Quote #1

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The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented Picture Quote #1

... Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we are never weary of admiring Picture Quote #1

Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness and a cheerfulness to me during life and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading Picture Quote #1

It can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be fully and completely explained, in all its circumstances, without a union of several, perhaps of all, the sciences Picture Quote #1

A mind which has once imbibed a taste for scientific enquiry, and has learnt the habit of applying its principles readily to the cases which occur, has within itself an inexhaustible source of pure and exciting contemplations Picture Quote #1

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy Picture Quote #1

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Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated Picture Quote #1

We must never forget that it is principles not phenomena, laws, not insulated, independent facts, which are the object and the inquiry of the natural philosopher Picture Quote #1

The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry Picture Quote #1

Every student who enters upon a scientific pursuit, especially if at a somewhat advanced period of life, will find not only that he has much to learn, but much also to unlearn Picture Quote #1

Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design Picture Quote #1

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings Picture Quote #1

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God knows how ardently I wish I had ten lives (John Herschel Quotes) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (John Herschel Quotes) ...Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we are never weary of admiring. (John Herschel Quotes) The barrier has begun to yield (John Herschel Quotes) To the natural philosopher there is no natural object unimportant or trifling (John Herschel Quotes) Self respect is the cornerstone of all virtue (John Herschel Quotes) The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented (John Herschel Quotes) ... Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we are never weary of admiring (John Herschel Quotes) Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness and a cheerfulness to me during life and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading (John Herschel Quotes) It can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be fully and completely explained, in all its circumstances, without a union of several, perhaps of all, the sciences (John Herschel Quotes) A mind which has once imbibed a taste for scientific enquiry, and has learnt the habit of applying its principles readily to the cases which occur, has within itself an inexhaustible source of pure and exciting contemplations (John Herschel Quotes) Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy (John Herschel Quotes) Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated (John Herschel Quotes) We must never forget that it is principles not phenomena, laws, not insulated, independent facts, which are the object and the inquiry of the natural philosopher (John Herschel Quotes) The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry (John Herschel Quotes) Every student who enters upon a scientific pursuit, especially if at a somewhat advanced period of life, will find not only that he has much to learn, but much also to unlearn (John Herschel Quotes) Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design (John Herschel Quotes) All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings (John Herschel Quotes)