 Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and could believe in the " Arabian Nights " as easily as in the " Encyclopaedia ; " but facts were important to me, and saved...  The Life and Letters of Faraday - Page 401by Bence Jones - 1870Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 862 pages
...philosophy. Do not suppose that I was a very deeper thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was ยป very lively, imaginative person, and could believe in the ' Arabian Nights ' as easily as in the ' EncyclopiB lia; ' but facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fict, ant always... | |
 | 1868 - 1236 pages
...Faraday disliked " doubtful knowledge." He was possessed of a lively imagination, and could have believed in the Arabian Nights as easily as in the Encyclopaedia ; but facts were important to him, and saved him. He could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. Hence his habit... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pages
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's ' Conversations on Chemistry," which gave me my foundation in that science " Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and conld believe in the ' Arabian Nights' as easily as in the ' Encyclopaedia.' But facts were important... | |
 | Glasgow sabbath school union - 1870 - 834 pages
...and Mrs. Marcet's Chemistry, which gave me my foundation in that science. Do not suppose (he adds) that I was a very deep thinker, or was marked as a...believe in the Arabian Nights as easily as in the Encyclopedia; but facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined... | |
 | 1872 - 798 pages
...congeries of facts which would not bend to human theories. Speaking of his own early life, he says : " I was a very lively, imaginative person, and could...believe in the 'Arabian Nights' as easily as in the ' Encyclopedia ; ' but facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1873 - 202 pages
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's "Conversations on Chemistry," which gave me my foundation in that science. 6 Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...believe in the " Arabian Nights" as easily as in the " Encyclopedia." But facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined... | |
 | H. A. Page - 1873 - 448 pages
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's ' Conversations in Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. " Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...lively imaginative person, and could believe in the c Arabian Nights' as easily as in the 'Encyclopaedia ; ' but facts were important to me, and saved... | |
 | Percy Strutt - 1877 - 480 pages
...reasoning against facts and experiments." * "I was a very lively imaginative person," said Faraday, "and could believe in the 'Arabian Nights' as easily...the 'Encyclopaedia;' but facts were important to me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion." " For my part, I think that as facts... | |
 | American Public Health Association - 1880 - 418 pages
...reconcile testimony. There must be due examination had. Michael Faraday says : " I was a very lively and imaginative person and could believe in the 'Arabian...Encyclopaedia. But facts were important to me and they saved me." " I always cross-examined a statement until I could trust a fact." Medical experts... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1880 - 548 pages
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's 'Conversations 9n Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. "Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was a lively, imaginative person, and could believe in the 'Arabian Nights' as easily as in the 'Encyclopaedia.'... | |
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