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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

John Herschel 31 quotes

There is a pinciple in the hea...

There is a pinciple in the heart of music which has yet to be discovered.

John Herschel 31 quotes

Occurrences which according to...

Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries

John Herschel 31 quotes

The barrier has begun to yield...

The barrier has begun to yield.

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Geology, in the magnitude and ...

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.

John Herschel 31 quotes

The stars are the land-marks o...

The stars are the land-marks of the universe.

John Herschel 31 quotes

First, In showing in how to av...

First, In showing in how to avoid attempting impossibilities. Second, In securing us from important mistakes in attempting what is, in itself possible, by means either inadequate or actually opposed to the end in view. Thirdly, In enabling us to accomplish our ends in the easiest, shortest, most economical, and most effectual manner. Fourth, In inducing us to attempt, and enabling us to accomplish, object which, but for such knowledge, we should never have thought of understanding.
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John Herschel 31 quotes

All human discoveries seem to ...

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that come on high and are contained in the sacred writings.

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Humans always have fear of an ...

Humans always have fear of an unknown situation -- this is normal. The important thing is what we do about it. If fear is permitted to become a paralyzing thing that interferes with proper action, then it is harmful. The best antidote to fear is to know all we can about a situation.

John Herschel 31 quotes

To the natural philosopher, th...

To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

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The novel, in its best form, I...

The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented.

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Man is constituted as a specul...

Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design.

John Herschel 31 quotes

Music and dancing (the more th...

Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associated with ideas of riot and debauchery among the less cultivated classes, that a taste for them, for their own sakes, can hardly be said to exist, and before they can be recommended as innocent or safe amusements, a very great change of ideas must take place.

John Herschel 31 quotes

What God sends is welcome....

What God sends is welcome.

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God knows how ardently I wish ...

God knows how ardently I wish I had ten lives

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Almost all the greatest discov...

Almost all the greatest discoveries in astronomy have resulted from what we have elsewhere termed Residual Phenomena, of a qualitative or numerical kind, of such portions of the numerical or quantitative results of observation as remain outstanding and unaccounted for, after subducting and allowing for all that would result from the strict application of known principles.

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The end of the eighteenth and ...

The end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century were remarkable for the small amount of scientific movement going on in this country, especially in its more exact departments. ... Mathematics were at the last gasp, and Astronomy nearly so-I mean in those members of its frame which depend upon precise measurement and systematic calculation. The chilling torpor of routine had begun to spread itself over all those branches of Science which wanted the excitement of experimental research.

John Herschel 31 quotes

According to this view of the ...

According to this view of the matter, there is nothing casual in the formation of Metamorphic Rocks. All strata, once buried deep enough, (and due TIME allowed!!!) must assume that state,-none can escape. All records of former worlds must ultimately perish.

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Every student who enters upon ...

Every student who enters upon a scientific pursuit, especially if at a somewhat advanced period of life, will find not only that he has much to learn, but much also to unlearn.

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Self-respect is the cornerston...

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....