“These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science.” MayArtSaidBeliefTraditionMaximsInterpreting Author:Michael Polanyi
“When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.” ShouldMayBookUseReadingAdviceApplicationMaximsBooks And Reading Author:Charles Caleb Colton