Discovery: Or, The Spirit and Service of ScienceMacmillan and Company, limited, 1916 - 340 pages |
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... forces of Nature hostile to man ; it took him five years to discover the remedy for rabies . Above all , he was an indefatigable worker . He called the interval of night " hours of waiting , " which always seemed to him slow to pass ...
... forces of Nature hostile to man ; it took him five years to discover the remedy for rabies . Above all , he was an indefatigable worker . He called the interval of night " hours of waiting , " which always seemed to him slow to pass ...
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... forces of matter , there cannot be a better school for the education of the mind . Faraday . The study of Nature is elevating , and its material value is of the highest , yet it is deplorably neglected , with the result that only very ...
... forces of matter , there cannot be a better school for the education of the mind . Faraday . The study of Nature is elevating , and its material value is of the highest , yet it is deplorably neglected , with the result that only very ...
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... force , or of the relation between ether , electricity and ponderable matter , or of chemical affinity , than I knew ... forces . The achievement of ocean telegraphy , the improvement of the compass and sounding - line , the hundreds of ...
... force , or of the relation between ether , electricity and ponderable matter , or of chemical affinity , than I knew ... forces . The achievement of ocean telegraphy , the improvement of the compass and sounding - line , the hundreds of ...
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... force it open ; but with its own key , a little child may open it ; often does open it . John Brown . In northern mythology , the well of wisdom was situated at one end of a rainbow . There also is truth hidden , and he who would ...
... force it open ; but with its own key , a little child may open it ; often does open it . John Brown . In northern mythology , the well of wisdom was situated at one end of a rainbow . There also is truth hidden , and he who would ...
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... forces of Nature and be able to use them for its own purposes . There must be no resting satisfied with achievements , but persistent endeavour to enter the unknown and bring back trophies from it . The talents with which we are ...
... forces of Nature and be able to use them for its own purposes . There must be no resting satisfied with achievements , but persistent endeavour to enter the unknown and bring back trophies from it . The talents with which we are ...
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Page 44 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying : " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 277 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 15 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work, that, as a mechanism, it is capable of...
Page 15 - ... whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.
Page 44 - Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Page 292 - The heavens declare the glory of God : and the firmament sheweth his handy work. One day telleth another: and one night certifieth another. There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Page 106 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Page 202 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Page 199 - I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence.
Page 227 - THIS day relenting God Hath placed within my hand A wondrous thing; and God Be praised. At his command, Seeking His secret deeds With tears and toiling breath, I find thy cunning seeds, O million-murdering Death. I know this little thing A myriad men will save. O Death, where is thy sting? Thy victory, O Grave?