"The popularisation of scientific doctrines is producing as……" — James Clerk Maxwell

"The popularisation of scientific doctrines is producing as great an alteration in the mental state of society as the material applications of science are effecting in its outward life. Such indeed is the respect paid to science, that the most absurd opinions may become current, provided they are expressed in language, the sound of which recals [sic] some well-known scientific phrase."

— James Clerk Maxwell

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