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James A. Garfield Quotes about Science

[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.

James A. Garfield

Stars, Character, Science

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I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'

James A. Garfield

Ignorance, Science, Years

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The chief instrument of American statistics is the census, which should accomplish a two-fold object. It should serve the country by making a full and accurate exhibit of the elements of national life and strength, and it should serve the science of statistics by so exhibiting general results that they may be compared with similar data obtained by other nations.

James A. Garfield

Country, Science, Data

Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 1”, p.456, Best Books on

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Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can control terrestrial forces only by obeying their laws. The legislator must formulate in his statutes not only the national will, but also those great laws of social life revealed by statistics.

James A. Garfield

Science, Government, Law

Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 1”, p.455, Best Books on

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I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea from which all heights and depths are measured.

James A. Garfield

Moving, Science, Men

Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2”, p.777, Best Books on

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