Joseph Henry Quotes

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• The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the suitable place and…
• The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well-prepared to receive them.
• The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imagination, induction, and trained logic,…
• Meteorology has ever been an apple of contention, as if the violent commotions of the atmosphere induced a sympathetic effect on the minds of those…
• All creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament.
• Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.
• The Logos was divine, not the divine Being himself.
• The person who thinks there can be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or very ignorant of…
• Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.

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