"A manure containing several ingredients acts in this……" — Justus von Liebig
"A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that one among them which, in comparison to the wants of the plant, is present in the smallest quantity."
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Justus von Liebig
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29 Quotes by Justus von Liebig
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The loveliest theories are being overthrown by these damned experiments; it's no fun being a chemist anymore.
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Observation is like a piece of glass, which, as a mirror, must be very smooth, and must be very carefully…
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The person who observes a clock, sees in it not only the pendulum swinging to and fro, and the dial-plate,…
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I would... establish the conviction that Chemistry, as an independent science, offers one of the most powerful means towards the…
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I will now direct the attention of scientists to a previously unnoticed cause which brings about the metamorphosis and decomposition…
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In the progressive growth of astronomy, physics or mechanical science was developed, and when this had been, to a certain…
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Only about seventy years ago was chemistry, like a grain of seed from a ripe fruit, separated from the other…
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Without an acquaintance with chemistry, the statesman must remain a stranger to the true vital interests of the state, to…
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But it must not be forgotten that ... glass and porcelain were manufactured, stuffs dyed and metals separated from their…
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What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention…
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I have learnt that all our theories are not Truth itself, but resting places or stages on the way to…
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If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible…
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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— Laurence Sterne
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The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human…
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Now, since our condition accommodates things to itself, and transforms them according to itself, we no longer know things in…
— Michel de Montaigne
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A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others
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History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.
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...the gym is a kind of wildlife preserve for bodily exertion. A preserve protects species whose habitat is vanishing elsewhere,…
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