Accounts Quotes - Page 3
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.
William Whewell (1840). “The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History”, p.39
If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor?
William Makepeace Thackeray (1848). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.377
At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.
"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 361, 1895.
Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated)”, p.44, Full Moon Publications
When science starts to be interpretive it is more unscientific even than mysticism.
D. H. Lawrence (2008). “Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.412, ReadHowYouWant.com
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
Walt Whitman (2013). “Walt Whitman: Selected Poems 1855-1892”, p.164, St. Martin's Press
Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.
Thomas H. Huxley (2013). “Man's Place in Nature”, p.128, Courier Corporation
Frederick William Robertson (1852). “Two lectures on the influence of poetry on the working classes”, p.23
Science ever has been, and ever must be, the safeguard of religion.
DAVID BREWSTER (1856). “MORE WORLDS THAN ONE THE CREED OF THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE HOPE OF THE CHRISTIAN”, p.132
Camille Paglia (2018). “Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism”, p.31, Canongate Books