"That knowledge which is popular is not scientific." — Maria Mitchell

"That knowledge which is popular is not scientific."

— Maria Mitchell

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48 Quotes by Maria Mitchell

Maria Mitchell has 48 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone…
People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the…
The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best…
We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.
The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and…
No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman…
A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their…
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of…
A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself…

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