"Language is not only the vehicle of thought,……" — Humphry Davy

"Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking."

— Humphry Davy

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31 Quotes by Humphry Davy

Humphry Davy has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be…
I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.
To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science.…
Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activity of mind and great facility of manipulation. I should place…
Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or…
Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument.
Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly…
Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected,…
The progression of physical science is much more connected with your prosperity than is usually imagined. You owe to experimental…
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The…
Nature is beautiful, and you are in her bosom. That voice of comfort which speaks in the breezes of morning,…
The whole language of nature informs us, that in animated beings there is something above our powers of investigation; something…

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