| 1870 - 846 lehte
...that this doctrine is by no means identical with Abiogcnesit, with which it is often confounded. On this hypothesis, a piece of beef or a handful of hay...eyes of philosophers, was played, almost immediately, ibr the benefit of Button and Needham. Once more, an Italian, the Abbe Spallanzani, a worthy successor... | |
| Chemical Society (Great Britain) - 1910 - 1364 lehte
...very possibly have allowed them to bias my judgment. Moreover, I have suffered what Huxley called that great tragedy of science — " the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." But I regard this as a proper and desirable ending, and am glad to have helped in the " happy dispatch,"... | |
| 1871 - 668 lehte
...propounded before the birth of modem chemistry and of the modern optical arts, to be a most ingenious anil suggestive speculation. But the great tragedy of science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by on ugly fact — which is so constantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers, was played almost... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1874 - 408 lehte
...that this doctrine is by no means identical with AMogenesis, with which it is often confounded. On this hypothesis, a piece of beef, or a handful of...enacted under the eyes of philosophers, was played, a]most immediately, for the benefit of Buffon and Needham. Once more, an Italian, the Abbe Spallanzani,... | |
| James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1897 - 926 lehte
...still more irresistible force of ancient documents proved true. It was what Prof. Huxley has called " the great tragedy of science ; the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." A greater and more sudden blow never fell on the pride and self- sufficiency of man. Never was there... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley - 1900 - 586 lehte
...explaining many supposed cases of spontaneous generation. The history of the subject, indeed, showed " the great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a...constantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers." and recalled the warning " that it is one thing to refute a proposition, and another to prove the truth... | |
| Leonard Huxley - 1900 - 580 lehte
...explaining many supposed cases of spontaneous generation. The history of the subject, indeed, showed " the great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a...constantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers," and recalled the warning " that it is one thing to refute a proposition, and another to prove the truth... | |
| Walter Bradford Cannon - 1900 - 652 lehte
...— when his leading idea has proved to be false. That disheartening event is what Huxley called the tragedy of science — "the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." The very soul of research, finally, is the highest degree of honesty. The investigator should see clearly... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1903 - 404 lehte
...that this doctrine is by no means identical with Abiogeneyis, with which it is often confounded. On this hypothesis, a piece of beef, or a handful of...beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact — which is so conetantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers, was played, almost immediately, for the benefit... | |
| 1910 - 470 lehte
...they sometimes perform more active functions. Frequently they are responsible for what Huxley called " The Great Tragedy of Science,"— the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. I fear the radiometer has been guilty of more than one tragedy of this kind. But the whirligig of time... | |
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