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Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical knowledge.

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The advance of scientific knowledge does not seem to make either our universe or our inner life in it any less mysterious.
The conclusion forced upon me in the course of a life devoted to natural science is that the universe as it is…
It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance.
In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols…
If materialism is true, it seems to me that we cannot know that it is true. If my opinions are the result…
Haldane was engaged in discussion with an eminent theologian. "What inference," asked the latter, "might one draw about the nature of God…
Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or…
I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day.…
Until politics are a branch of science, we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts…
The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression "Vital…
I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't…
[Children] are taught that it is a virtue to accept statements without adequate evidence, which leaves them a prey to quacks of…

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Less oft peace in Shelley's mind, Than calm in waters seen. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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