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... of the community at large ; for , whilst formerly discovery was wrapped in
secrecy , the publicity of the present day causes that , no sooner is a discovery or
invention made than it is already improved upon and surpassed by competing
efforts .
... of the community at large ; for , whilst formerly discovery was wrapped in
secrecy , the publicity of the present day causes that , no sooner is a discovery or
invention made than it is already improved upon and surpassed by competing
efforts .
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But this is an appearance only ; for if pure statistics , as a science , abstains from
participating in the last and highest aim of all science , viz . the discovery and
expounding the general laws which govern the universe , and leaves this duty to
its ...
But this is an appearance only ; for if pure statistics , as a science , abstains from
participating in the last and highest aim of all science , viz . the discovery and
expounding the general laws which govern the universe , and leaves this duty to
its ...
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This road has been shown us by the great Bacon ; and who can contemplate the
prospects which it opens without almost falling into a trance similar to that in
which he allowed his imagination to wander over future ages of discovery !
This road has been shown us by the great Bacon ; and who can contemplate the
prospects which it opens without almost falling into a trance similar to that in
which he allowed his imagination to wander over future ages of discovery !
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If , then , the main object of inductive science is the discovery of the laws which
govern natural phenomena , the primary condition for its success is - accurate
observation and collection of facts in such comprehensiveness and
completeness as ...
If , then , the main object of inductive science is the discovery of the laws which
govern natural phenomena , the primary condition for its success is - accurate
observation and collection of facts in such comprehensiveness and
completeness as ...
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Our British Association brings to bear the combined knowledge and experience
of the scientific men not only of this but of other countries on the discovery of that
method , which , while it economises time and labour , promises the most ...
Our British Association brings to bear the combined knowledge and experience
of the scientific men not only of this but of other countries on the discovery of that
method , which , while it economises time and labour , promises the most ...
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Page 46 - ... we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end, to which, indeed, all history points— the realization of the unity of mankind. Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics of the different nations of the earth, but rather a unity, the result and product of those very national varieties and antagonistic qualities.
Page 2 - ... person ; but it is more peculiarly the duty of those who, under the blessing of Divine Providence, enjoy station, wealth, and education.
Page 45 - I conceive it to be the duty of every educated person closely to watch and study the time in which he lives; and, as far as in him lies, to add his humble mite of individual exertion to further the accomplishment of what he believes Providence to have ordained.
Page 46 - ... placed within the reach of everybody ; thought is communicated with the rapidity, and even by the power, of lightning.
Page 46 - Nobody, however, who has paid any attention to the peculiar features of our present era, will doubt for a moment that we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind.
Page 3 - Let them be careful, however, to avoid any dictatorial interference with labour and employment, which frightens away capital, destroys that freedom of thought and independence of action which must remain to every one if he is to work out his own happiness, and impairs that confidence under which alone engagements for mutual benefit are possible.
Page 58 - The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.
Page 96 - Please to recollect that this species of bore is a most useful animal, well adapted for the ends for which Nature intended him. He alone, by constantly returning to the charge, and repeating the same truths and the same requests, succeeds in awakening attention to the cause which he advocates, and obtains that hearing which is granted him at last for self-protection, as the minor evil compared to his importunity, but which is requisite to make his cause understood.
Page 107 - ... all, can only embrace a comparatively short space of time, and a small number of experiments. From none of these causes can we hope for much progress ; for the mind, however ingenious, has no materials to work with, and remains in presence of phenomena, the causes of which are hidden from it. But...
Page 12 - The products of all quarters of the globe are placed at our disposal, and we have only to choose which is the best and the cheapest for our purposes, and the powers of production are intrusted to the stimulus of competition and capital.
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| Title | Prince Albert's golden precepts: or, The opinions and maxims of ... the prince consort, selected from his addresses, etc |
| Author | Albert (consort of Victoria, queen of Gt. Britain.) |
| Publisher | Sampson Low & Company, 1862 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 juuli 2006 |
| Length | 133 pages |
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