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> [The person who observes a clock, sees in it not only the pendulum swinging to and fro, and the dial-plate, and the hands moving, for a child can see all this; but he sees also the parts of the clock,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/the-person-who-observes-a-clock-sees-in-it-not-only-the-pendulum/)

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## More by Justus von Liebig

> [Receiving a new truth is like adding a new sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/receiving-a-new-truth-is-like-adding-a-new-sense/)

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> [By the deficiency or absence of one necessary constituent, all the others being present, the soil is rendered barren for all those crops to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/by-the-deficiency-or-absence-of-one-necessary-constituent-all-the/)

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> [I will now direct the attention of scientists to a previously unnoticed cause which brings about the metamorphosis and decomposition phenomena which are usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/i-will-now-direct-the-attention-of-scientists-to-a-previously/)

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> [The loveliest theories are being overthrown by these damned experiments; it's no fun being a chemist anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/the-loveliest-theories-are-being-overthrown-by-these-damned/)

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> [The secret of all those who make discoveries is that they regard nothing as impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/the-secret-of-all-those-who-make-discoveries-is-that-they-regard/)

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> [If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/if-it-is-impossible-to-judge-merit-and-guilt-in-the-field-of-natural/)

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> [What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/what-struck-me-most-in-england-was-the-perception-that-only-those/)

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> [There is in the chemist a form of thought by which all ideas become visible in the mind as strains of an imagined piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/there-is-in-the-chemist-a-form-of-thought-by-which-all-ideas-become/)

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> [Chemistry, in its application to animals and vegetables. Endeavours jointly with physiology to enlighten us respecting the mysterious processes and sources of organic life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/chemistry-in-its-application-to-animals-and-vegetables-endeavours/)

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> [The more fodder, the more flesh; the more flesh, the more manure; the more manure, the more grain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/the-more-fodder-the-more-flesh-the-more-flesh-the-more-manure-the/)

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> [But it must not be forgotten that ... glass and porcelain were manufactured, stuffs dyed and metals separated from their ores by mere empirical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/but-it-must-not-be-forgotten-that-glass-and-porcelain-were/)

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> [A time will come, when fields will be manured with a solution of glass (silicate of potash), with the ashes of burnt straw, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/a-time-will-come-when-fields-will-be-manured-with-a-solution-of-glass/)

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> [A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that one among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/a-manure-containing-several-ingredients-acts-in-this-wise-the-effect/)

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> [Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power...it is the best friend of those engaged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/chocolate-is-a-perfect-food-as-wholesome-as-it-is-delicious-a/)

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> [Since the discovery of oxygen the civilised world has undergone a revolution in manners and customs. The knowledge of the composition of the atmosphere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justus-von-liebig/since-the-discovery-of-oxygen-the-civilised-world-has-undergone-a/)

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