“The seed of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.” — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
“Modern civilization depends on science … James Smithson was well aware that knowledge should not be viewed as existing in isolated parts, but as a whole, each portion of which throws light on all the other, and that the tendency… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
Meteorology has ever been an apple of contention, as if the violent commotions of the atmosphere induced a sympathetic effect on the minds of… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imagination, induction, and trained… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
“The seed of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.” — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
All creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament. — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life. — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the suitable place… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
The person who thought there could be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or ignorant of… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
The person who thinks there can be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or very ignorant… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
“Modern civilization depends on science … James Smithson was well aware that knowledge should not be viewed as existing in isolated parts, but as… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
