 I say again that, behind all our practical applications, there is a region of intellectual action to which practical men have rarely contributed, but from which they draw all their supplies. Cut them off from this region, and they become eventually helpless.  Inventors at Work: With Chapters on Discovery - Page 265by George Iles - 1906 - 503 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1894 - 968 pages
...of the highest value in one point of view, are not those which stimulate the original discoverer. " Behind all our practical applications there is a region...action to which practical men have rarely contributed, hut from which they draw all their supplies. Cut them oft' from that region and they become eventually... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1873 - 206 pages
...the scene. Are we to ignore all this ? We do so at our peril. For I say again, that, behind all your practical applications, there is a region of intellectual...which they draw all their supplies. Cut them off from this region, and they become eventually helpless. In no case is the adage truer, " Other men labored,... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1873 - 1136 pages
...upon the scene. Are wo to ignore all this! We do so at our peril. For I say again, behind all your practical applications there is a region of intellectual...which they draw all their supplies. Cut them off from this region and they become eventually helpless. * . * * * * You are familiar with the writings of... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1873 - 1156 pages
...upon the scene. Are we to ignore all this Î We do so at our peril. For I say again, behind all your practical applications there is a region of intellectual...which they draw all their supplies. Cut them off from this region and they become eventually helpless. « » « • » You are familiar with the writings... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1873 - 1128 pages
...all upon the scene. Are we to ignore all this Î We do so at our peril. For I say again, behind all practical applications there is a region of intellectual action to which practical have rarely contributed, but from which they draw all their supplies. Cut tbei from this region and... | |
 | 1873 - 258 pages
...the scene. Are we to ignore all this? We do so at our peril. For I say again, that behind all j'our practical applications there is a region of intellectual...which they draw all their supplies. Cut them off from this region and they become eventually help 1 The Home Life of Sir David Brewster. p. 373. less. In... | |
 | 1879 - 614 pages
...the scene. ч Are we to ignore all this? We do so at our peril. For I say agaia, that, behind a| your practical applications, there is a region of intellectual action to which practical mea have rarely contributed, but from which they draw all their supplies. Cut them off fron this region,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1881 - 318 pages
...discovery of natural truth. Are we to ignore all this ? We do so at our peril. For I say again that, behind all our practical applications, there is a...which they draw all their supplies. Cut them off from this region, and they become eventually helpless. In no case is the adage truer, ' Other men laboured,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1893 - 916 pages
...secure my aim." This is but au expression, in another form, of what Tyndall said twenty years ago : "Behind all our practical applications, there is a...that region, and they become eventually helpless." What is true in one department of natural science is, I apprehend, equally true in all. The practical... | |
 | 1895 - 898 pages
...secure my aim." This is but an expression, in another form, of what Tyndall said twenty years ago : "Behind all our practical applications there is a...that region, and they become eventually helpless." What is true in one department of natural science is, I apprehend, equally true in all. The practical... | |
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