“The development doctrines are doing much harm on both sides of the Atlantic, especially among intelligent mechanics, and a class of young men engaged in the subordinate departments of trade and the law. And the harm, thus considerable in amount, must be necessarily more than merely considerable in degree. For it invariably happens, that when persons in these walks become materialists, they become turbulent subjects and bad men.” MenPersonsHappensLawYoungScienceSidesWalksClassSubjectsDevelopmentAmountDegreesIntelligentTradeHarmDoctrineYoung ManEngagedDepartmentBoth SidesMechanicSubordinatesBad Man Author:Hugh Miller
“Because science flourishes, must poesy decline? The complaint serves but to betray the weakness of the class who urge it. True, in an age like the present,-considerably more scientific than poetical,-science substitutes for the smaller poetry of fiction, the great poetry of truth.” AgeScienceFictionClassWeaknessAccountsUrgesSubstitutesBetrayDeclineComplaintsGreat PoetGreat Poetry Book:Sketch book of popular geology: Popular geology: A series of lectures read before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh Source: Sketch book of popular geology: Popular geology: A series of lectures read before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh
