 Lastly, physical investigation, more than anything besides, helps to teach us the actual value and right use of the Imagination — of that wondrous faculty, which, left to ramble uncontrolled, leads us astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors,...  Science - Seite 391herausgegeben von - 1895Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1860 - 718 Seiten
...wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows ; but which, properly restrained by experience and reflection, becomes the noblest attribute of man — the source of the poetic genius, the instrument of discovery in science, without the aid of which Newton would never... | |
 | 1862 - 490 Seiten
...ramble uncontrolled, leads us astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows ; but which^ properly controlled by experience...the noblest attribute of man.' the source of poetic eenius, the instrument of discovery in Self nee, without the aid of which Newton would never have invented... | |
 | Sir Benjamin Brodie, Charles Hawkins - 1865 - 770 Seiten
...wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows ; but which, properly restrained by experience and reflection, becomes the noblest attribute of man ; the source of the poetic genius ; the instrument of discovery in science, without the aid of which Newton would never... | |
 | Medical Society of the State of West Virginia - 1901 - 808 Seiten
...ramble uncontrolled, leads us astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows, but which properly controlled by experience...man, the source of poetic genius, the instrument^ discovery in science, without the aid of which Newton would' never have invented fluxions, nor Davey... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 436 Seiten
...ramble uncontrolled, leads us astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows ; but which properly controlled by experience...and alkalies, nor would Columbus have found another Continent"—Address to the Royal Society by its President, Sir Benjamin Brodie, November 30, 1859.... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 438 Seiten
...ramble uncontrolled, leads ws astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows ; but which properly controlled by experience...of which Newton would never have invented fluxions, norJDavy have decomposed the earths and alkalies, nor would Columbus have found another Continent."... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1872 - 102 Seiten
...ramble uncontrolled, leads us astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows; but which properly controlled by experience...and alkalies, nor would Columbus have found another Continent."—Address to the Royal Society by its President SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, November SO, 1859.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1873 - 378 Seiten
...ramble uncontrolled, leads us astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows ; but which, properly controlled by experience...nor would Columbus have found another continent.' Address to the Royal Society, 1859. A CHAPTER on CHLOROFORM. THE use of Anaesthetics, or substances... | |
 | 1874 - 524 Seiten
...perplexities and errors, to a land of mists and shadows, but which, properly controlled by cultivation and reflection, becomes the noblest attribute of man,...discovery in science without the aid of which Newton could never have invented fluxions, nor Davy have decomposed the earths and alkalies ; nor would Columbus... | |
 | 1874 - 668 Seiten
...perplexities and errors, to a land of mists and shadows, but which, properly controlled by cultivation and reflection, becomes the noblest attribute of man,...discovery in science without the aid of which Newton could never have invented fluxions, nor Davy have decomposed the earths and alkalies; nor would Columbus... | |
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