"We must reason in natural philosophy not from……" — Humphry Davy
"We must reason in natural philosophy not from what we hope, or even expect, but from what we perceive."
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Humphry Davy
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31 Quotes by Humphry Davy
Humphry Davy has 31 quotes on this site.
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But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be…
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I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.
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To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science.…
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Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activity of mind and great facility of manipulation. I should place…
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Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or…
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Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument.
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Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly…
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Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected,…
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The progression of physical science is much more connected with your prosperity than is usually imagined. You owe to experimental…
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The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The…
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Nature is beautiful, and you are in her bosom. That voice of comfort which speaks in the breezes of morning,…
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The whole language of nature informs us, that in animated beings there is something above our powers of investigation; something…
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