"I have spent some months in England, have……" — Justus von Liebig
"I have spent some months in England, have seen an awful lot and learned little. England is not a land of science, there is only a widely practised dilettantism, the chemists are ashamed to call themselves chemists because the pharmacists, who are despised, have assumed this name."
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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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