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Men Quotes by William Whewell
- Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.
- Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read the Principia we…
- To discover the laws of operative power in material productions, whether formed by man or brought into being by Nature herself, is the work of…
- According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man's faculties and…
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