"Every failure is a step to success." — William Whewell
"Every failure is a step to success."
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William Whewell
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22 Quotes by William Whewell
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In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our…
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The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than…
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...the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether…
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The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an…
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Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every…
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Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.
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In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.
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The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.
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Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind,…
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We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced…
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There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.
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Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great…
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