The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.
CLAUDE BERNARDPriestley said that each discovery we make shows us many others that should be made.
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Science admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science.
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Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
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A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.
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We must keep our freedom of mind, and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible.
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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
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The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel.
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Priestley said that each discovery we make shows us many others that should be made.
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True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.
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The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.
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Everything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a matter of dose.
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A contemporary poet has characterized this sense of the personality of art and of the impersonality of science in these words,-‘Art is myself; science is ourselves. ‘
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Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
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If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in my opinion, sharply differentiates biological science. I should say: life is creation.
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Theories are like a stairway; by climbing, science widens its horizon more and more, because theories embody and necessarily include proportionately more facts as they advance.
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Particular facts are never scientific; only generalization can establish science.
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