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J. Arthur Thomson was a British author born in 1861 and died on February 12, 1933. His works spanned across novels, poetry, and drama, known for his unique literary style and profound emotional expression.

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Famous J. Arthur Thomson Quotes

“The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future.”

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Book:The Outline of Science, First Volume

Source: The Outline of Science, First Volume

“All Nature bristles with the marks of interrogation-among the grass and the petals of flowers, amidst the feathers of birds and the hairs of mammals, on mountain and moorland, in sea and sky-everywhere. It is one of the joys of life to discover those marks of interrogation, these unsolved and half-solved problems and try to answer their questions.”

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Author:J. Arthur Thomson

“Was it not the great philosopher and mathematician Leibnitz who said that the more knowledge advances the more it becomes possible to condense it into little books?”

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Book:The Outline of Science, First Volume

Source: The Outline of Science, First Volume

“The chief end of science is to make things clear, the educative aim is to foster the inquisitive spirit.”

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Author:J. Arthur Thomson

“There is no counting the unsolved problems of Natural History.”

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“A prolonged war in which a nation takes part is bound to impoverish the breed, since the character of the breed depends on the men who are left.”

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“The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than its conqueror.”

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“The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.”

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About the Author

Born: 1861
Died: February 12, 1933
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Quotes: 8

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