"Every movement in the skies or upon the……" — John William Draper

"Every movement in the skies or upon the earth proclaims to us that the universe is under government."

— John William Draper

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13 Quotes by John William Draper

John William Draper has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

As to Science, she has never sought to ally herself to civil power. She has never attempted to throw odium…
The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of…
Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all…
Over events, we may have some control, but over the law of life's progress none.
I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight…
As a better knowledge of Nature was obtained, the sky was shown to be an illusionBut this did not take…
In early life I had felt a strong desire to devote myself to the experimental study of nature; and, happening…
Experimental investigation, to borrow a phrase employed by Kepler respecting the testing of hypotheses, is "a very great thief of…
How can the Church be received as a trustworthy guide in the invisible, which falls into so many errors in…
Is it not true that for every person the course of life is along the line of least resistance, and…
Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment,…
Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and…

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More Earth Quotes

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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

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