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Which Quotes by William Whewell
- Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all…
- We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our…
- The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained…
- Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending…
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