 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 me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page lxviby Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1869Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 862 pages
...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 cross-examined an assertion. So whou I questioned Mrs. Mircet's by such little exp-nmmts... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 210 pages
...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...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments... | |
 | 1868 - 472 pages
...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...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments... | |
 | 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 - 636 pages
...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...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always crossexamined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcct's book by such little experiments... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pages
...deep thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and conld believe in the ' Arabian Nights' as easily as in the...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always crossexamined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments... | |
 | Bence Jones, Michael Faraday - 1870 - 522 pages
...his character. As a philosopher, his first great characteristic was the trust which he put in facts. He said of himself, ' In early life I was a very lively...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact.' Over and over again he showed his love of experiments in his writings and lectures : ' Without experiment... | |
 | Bence Jones - 1870 - 512 pages
...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...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments... | |
 | Richard Quain - 1870 - 172 pages
...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...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1870 - 552 pages
...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...important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments... | |
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