"If it is impossible to judge merit and……" — Justus von Liebig
"If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and historical research becomes an idle, empty activity."
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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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Receiving a new truth is like adding a new sense.
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