Discovery: Or, The Spirit and Service of ScienceMacmillan and Company, limited, 1916 - 340 pages |
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... relation to industry , and its relative neglect in education , suggests that the present is an appropriate time for putting into final shape a project contemplated for many years and practically completed before the outbreak of existing ...
... relation to industry , and its relative neglect in education , suggests that the present is an appropriate time for putting into final shape a project contemplated for many years and practically completed before the outbreak of existing ...
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... relation between ether , electricity and ponderable matter , or of chemical affinity , than I knew and tried to teach to my students of natural philo- sophy fifty years ago in my first session as Professor . Kelvin . Far more than ...
... relation between ether , electricity and ponderable matter , or of chemical affinity , than I knew and tried to teach to my students of natural philo- sophy fifty years ago in my first session as Professor . Kelvin . Far more than ...
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... relation between ether and matter is discovered , mankind will be able to enter the treasure- house in which Nature's secrets are stored . Such men as Lord Kelvin are learners always , because they realise that for one problem solved ...
... relation between ether and matter is discovered , mankind will be able to enter the treasure- house in which Nature's secrets are stored . Such men as Lord Kelvin are learners always , because they realise that for one problem solved ...
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... relation to the mysteries of existence . Only the sincere man of science and by this title we do not mean the mere calculator of distances , or analyzer of compounds , or labeler of species ; but him who through lower truths seeks ...
... relation to the mysteries of existence . Only the sincere man of science and by this title we do not mean the mere calculator of distances , or analyzer of compounds , or labeler of species ; but him who through lower truths seeks ...
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... relations which open to him on all hands in the course of these pursuits , the knowledge of the trivial place he occupies in the scale of creation , and the sense continually pressed upon him of his own weakness and incapacity to ...
... relations which open to him on all hands in the course of these pursuits , the knowledge of the trivial place he occupies in the scale of creation , and the sense continually pressed upon him of his own weakness and incapacity to ...
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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?