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> [Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/geometry-in-every-proposition-speaks-a-language-which-experience/)

[William Whewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-whewell/)

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## More by William Whewell

> [In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/in-order-that-the-facts-obtained-by-observation-and-experiment-may-be/)

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> [“And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/and-so-no-force-however-great-can-stretch-a-cord-however-fine-into-a/)

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> [We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/we-cannot-observe-external-things-without-some-degree-of-thought-nor/)

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> [The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/the-catastrophist-constructs-theories-the-uniformitarian-demolishes/)

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> [The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/the-system-becomes-more-coherent-as-it-is-further-extended-the/)

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> [The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/the-present-generation-finds-itself-the-heir-of-a-vast-patrimony-of/)

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> [The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/the-object-of-science-is-knowledge-the-objects-of-art-are-works-in/)

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> [The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/the-person-who-did-most-to-give-to-analysis-the-generality-and/)

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> [...the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether we shall use a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/the-question-undoubtedly-is-or-soon-will-be-not-whether-or-no-we/)

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> [We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. \[The first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/we-need-very-much-a-name-to-describe-a-cultivator-of-science-in/)

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> [The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/the-earlier-truths-are-not-expelled-but-absorbed-not-contradicted-but/)

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> [Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/astronomy-is-the-only-progressive-science-which-the-ancient-world/)

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> [Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/every-failure-is-a-step-to-success-every-detection-of-what-is-false/)

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> [It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/it-is-a-test-of-true-theories-not-only-to-account-for-but-to-predict/)

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> [Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whewell/every-failure-is-a-step-to-success-every-detection-of-what-is-false-2/)

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