“People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and this goes on to the end. And after all, what can we call our own, except energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favor.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingMeanEndsWould BeEnergyBornTalkingGoes OnBalanceAccountsFavorsIf I CouldOriginalityPredecessors Book:Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann Source: Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann
“Upon the whole, Chymistry is as yet but an opening science, closely connected with the usefull and ornamental arts, and worthy the attention of the liberal mind. And it must always become more and more so: for though it is only of late, that it has been looked upon in that light, the great progress already made in Chymical knowledge, gives us a pleasant prospect of rich additions to it. The Science is now studied on solid and rational grounds. While our knowledge is imperfect, it is apt to run into error: but Experiment is the thread that will lead us out of the labyrinth.” GivingMindHas BeensArtMadeWholeLightRunningScienceBlackAttentionRichProgressLateAccountsErrorsConnectedWorthyExperimentsRationalOpeningPleasantChemistryImperfectionImperfectThreadLabyrinthGreat Progress Author:Joseph Black
“Science can never be a closed book. It is like a tree, ever growing, ever reaching new heights. Occasionally the lower branches, no longer giving nourishment to the tree, slough off. We should not be ashamed to change our methods; rather we should be ashamed never to do so.” GivingShouldBookScienceGrowingTreeAccountsMethodHeightBranchesAshamedReachingNourishmentSlough Author:Charles V. Chapin
“Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsense? I cannot soon give a solution to these questions ... It was clear that in the United States there was a development not of the best, but of the middle and worst sides of European civilization; the notorious general voting, the tendency to politics... all the same as in Europe. A new dawn is not to be seen on this side of the ocean.” GivingStatesScienceHateSidesUnitedUnited StatesClearMiddleWorstDevelopmentCivilizationOceanSolutionsEuropeVoteAccountsTendenciesDawnVotingNonsenseFraudQuarrelsNotorious Author:Dmitri Mendeleev
“Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already know and believe about it. That depends upon attaining a more explicit grasp of the structure of our thoughts; and that in turn on discovering how to give a systematic account of the working of language, the medium in which we express our thoughts.” KnowsWorldGivingBelievePhilosophyTurnsLanguageViewsClearDependsGainsAccountsPhilosophicalStructureMediumsDiscoveringOur ThoughtsTurn-onSystematicExplicitClear View Author:Michael Dummett
“When students of other sciences ask us what is now currently believed about the origin of species, we have no clear answer to give. Faith has given way to agnosticism. Meanwhile, though our faith in evolution stands unshaken we have no acceptable account of the origin of species.” WayGivingAsksGivenAnswersClearStudentsEvolutionAccountsSpeciesAcceptableAgnosticismOrigin Of Species Author:William Bateson
“I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and I believe, as it is written in the Bible, that it is my duty to increase this heritage for which one day I shall be called upon to give an account. Whoever tries to interfere with my task I shall crush.” PeopleGivingTryingBelieveLooksWarI BelieveNationsResponsibilityWrittenDutyOne DayTasksAccountsIncreaseCrushLook UpHeritageInterfereGreat War Author:Wilhelm II
“From my earliest childhood I nourished and cherished the desire to make a creditable journey in a new country, and write such a respectable account of its natural history as should give me a niche amongst the scientific explorers of the globe I inhabit, and hand my name down as a useful contributor of original matter.” GivingShouldWritingCountryMatterHandsScienceDesireNamesNaturalJourneyChildhoodAccountsGive MeOriginalsGlobesRespectableNicheExplorersContributorsNatural History Author:Joseph Dalton Hooker