The magnetic force is animate, or imitates a soul; in many respects it surpasses the human soul while it is united to… — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
The magnet's name the observing Grecians drew. From the magnetic region where it grew. — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it. — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am never, never, sick at sea. What never? No never! What never? Hardly ever. — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the… — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well. — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your… — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
