"The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of……" — Archibald Hill
"The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls."
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7 Quotes by Archibald Hill
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One of the fundamental characteristics of striated muscle, and the one involving the greatest difficulty in investigation, is the great…
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The fundamental difficulty in myothermic observations is the smallness of the changes involved and their rapidity.
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on,…
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Many luckless people imagine that romance is dead: some, overcivilised, fondly suppose that there never was romance: a poet tells…
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Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that…
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Kindliness and sympathy, fellowship and understanding, are always good, but best when they come from a distant corner of the…
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to…
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
— Ansel Adams
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
— Christian Bale
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
— Edward Abbey
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in…
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
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