General Quotes

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Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside… — Thomas Huxley
The animal kingdom exhibits a series of mental developments which may be regarded as antecedents to the mental development of man, for the mental life… — Wilhelm Wundt
There are and can be only two ways of searching into and discovering truth. The one flies from the senses and particulars to the most… — Francis Bacon
During the time that [Karl] Landsteiner gave me an education in the field of imununology, I discovered that he and I were thinking about the… — Linus Pauling
It is very different to make a practical system and to introduce it. A few experiments in the laboratory would prove the practicability of system… — Thomas A. Edison
Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected, enlarged, or exalted by experiments,… — Humphry Davy
Our present work sets forth mathematical principles of philosophy. For the basic problem of philosophy seems to be to discover the forces of nature from… — Isaac Newton
[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general… — Frederick Soddy
Amid all the revolutions of the globe, the economy of Nature has been uniform, ... and her laws are the only things that have resisted… — John Playfair
Whether moral and social phenomena are really exceptions to the general certainty and uniformity of the course of nature; and how far the methods, by… — John Stuart Mill
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,… — Joseph Henry
As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private. — E. W. Howe
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which… — Joseph de Maistre
Romances, in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment. — Samuel Richardson
The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned… — James Madison
Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the Beauty and Usefulness… — Benjamin Franklin
But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports; among which is the information… — Noah Webster
Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force… — George Washington
The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as… — Charles Darwin
Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government. — Thomas Jefferson

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