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“History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first distinct product of man's spiritual nature, his earliest expression of what may be called thought.”

Book:Carlyle Reader

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Carlyle Reader

This book is a curated selection of essays, lectures, and other writings by Thomas Carlyle, showcasing his influential thoughts on history, literature, and society. Carlyle's distinctive style, characterized by his passionate and eloquent prose, is well-represented in this compilation. more

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Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle, born on December 4, 1795, and died on February 5, 1881, was a prominent Scottish philosopher, historian, and writer. His works are known for their profound social criticism and unique literary style, which had a significant impact on 19th-century British literature and thought. more

“I believe [the Department of Energy] should be judged not by the money we direct to a particular State or district, company, university or national lab, but by the character of our decisions. The Department of Energy serves the country as a Department of Science, a Department of Innovation, and a Department of Nuclear Security.”

Should Believe Country States Character Science Energy I Believe Decision Company Security Particular Direct Accounts Innovation University Nuclear Department Judged Labs

Author:Steven Chu

“I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge in science. ... We learned that science is a revenge of victims against oppressors, that science is a territory of freedom and friendship in the midst of tyranny and hatred.”

Science Found Boys Hatred Accounts Victim Revenge Tyranny Minorities Midst Territory Refuge Lacking Athletic Oppressors Prowess Physical Strength

Author:Freeman Dyson

“I find it [science] analytical, pretentious and superficial-largely because it does not address itself to dreams, chance, laughter, feelings, or paradox-in other words,-all the things I love the most.”

Doe Feelings Dream Science Chance Laughter Accounts Addresses Paradox Superficial Pretentious Things I Love

Book:My Last Breath

Source: My Last Breath

“I grew up to be indifferent to the distinction between literature and science, which in my teens were simply two languages for experience that I learned together.”

Two Together Science Literature Language Grew Grew Up Experience Accounts Distinction Teens Indifferent

Author:Jacob Bronowski

“I have said that science is impossible without faith. ... Inductive logic, the logic of Bacon, is rather something on which we can act than something which we can prove, and to act on it is a supreme assertion of faith ... Science is a way of life which can only fluorish when men are free to have faith.”

Men Way Said Science Faith Impossible Prove Logic Accounts Supreme Have Faith Assertion

Author:Norbert Wiener

“Indeed, I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man's fundamental beliefs, in his philosophy, in his conception of religion, in his whole world outlook, are greater than the changes that occurred during the preceding four thousand years all put together.”

“I will venture to say there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit [in London], than in all the rest of the kingdom.”

Science Learning Ten Accounts London Miles Kingdoms Venture

Book:The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

“I would not for a moment have you suppose that I am one of those idiots who scorns Science, merely because it is always twisting and turning, and sometimes shedding its skin, like the serpent that is [the doctors'] symbol.”

Sometimes Moments Science Doctors Skins Accounts Symbols Idiot Scorn Serpent

Book:Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading

Source: Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading

“If a man has a science to learn he must regularly and resolutely advance.”

Ifs Men Science Accounts

Book:The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals

Source: The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals

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