... carried out even the humblest research without the spirit of science in some measure resting upon him. And that spirit may in part be caught even without entering upon an actual investigation in search of a new truth. The learner may be led to old... Elements of Physics - Page iiiby Fernando Sanford - 1902 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1901 - 770 pages
...accomplished results and all the current opinions of any one or of all the branches of science, and yet remain wholly unscientific in mind ; but no one can have...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the tunnoil of controversy ; but, if there... | |
| Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1899 - 534 pages
...accomplished results and all the current opinions of any one or of all the branches of science, and yet remain wholly unscientific in mind; but no one can have carried...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the turmoil of controversy; but, if there... | |
| 1899 - 448 pages
...measure resting upon him. And that spirit may in part be caught even without entering upon an aĆ¢ual investigation in search of a new truth. The learner...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the turmoil of controversy ; but, if there... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1900 - 1202 pages
...accomplished results And all the current opinions of any one or of all the branches of science, and yet remain wholly unscientific in mind ; but no one can have...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the turmoil of controversy ; but, if there... | |
| 1900 - 444 pages
...brought abruptly to a truth in its finished form, coming straight to it like a thief climbing over a wall ; and the hurry and press of modern life tempt...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer." I believe that in the determination of a suitable school course in experimental science this principle... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1900 - 1220 pages
...brought abruptly to a truth in its finished form, coming straight to it like a thief climbing over a wall ; and the hurry and press of modern life tempt...slowly guided along the path by which the truth was readied by him who first laid hold of it. It is by this latter way of learning the truth, and by this... | |
| James Cloyd Bowman - 1918 - 504 pages
...accomplished results and all the current opinions of any one or of all the branches of science, and yet remain wholly unscientific in mind; but no one can have carried...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the turmoil of controversy; but if there... | |
| Robert Emmons Rogers - 1921 - 352 pages
...accomplished results and all the current opinions of any one or of all the branches of science, and yet remain wholly unscientific in mind; but no one can have carried...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the turmoil of controversy; but if there... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1901 - 926 pages
...search of a new truth. The learner may be led to old truths, even the oldest, in more ways than one. Ho may be brought abruptly to a truth in its finished...at least of the spirit of the, scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the turmoil of controversy; but if there... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1901 - 920 pages
...press of modern life tempt many to adopt this quicker way. Or he may be more slowly guided along tho path by which the truth was reached by him who first...at least of the spirit of the scientific inquirer. This is not the place, nor have I the wish, to plunge into the turmoil of controversy; but if there... | |
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