 ... dangerous. If we indulge a fanciful imagination and build worlds of our own, we must not wonder at our going wide from the path of truth and nature; but these will vanish like the Cartesian vortices, that soon gave way when better theories were offered....  The Universe of Suns: And Other Science Gleanings - Side 28av Richard Anthony Proctor - 1884 - 401 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1786 - 828 sider
...conclufions, but alfo conje&ural views from them, we offend againft the teiy end for which only obfervatiuns ought to be made. I will endeavour to keep a proper medium ; . but if I ftvould deviate ft om that, I .could wiih not to fall into the latter error. " That the milky way is... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1871 - 608 sider
...vortices, that soon gave way when better theories were offered. On the other hand, if wo add observation to observation, without attempting to draw not only certain...conclusions but also conjectural views from them, we oflend against the very end for which only observations ought to be made." " I will endeavour," he... | |
 | 1871 - 612 sider
...vortices, that soon gave way when better theories were offered. On the other hand, if we add observation to observation, without attempting to draw not only certain...conclusions but also conjectural views from them, wo offend against the very end for which only observations ought to be mado." " I will endeavour,''... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 456 sider
...vortices, that soon gave way when better theories were offered. On the other hand, if we add observation to observation, without attempting to draw not only certain...observations ought to be made.' 'I will endeavour,' he adds, speaking of the special work he was then engaged upon, ' to keep a proper medium ; but if... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1873 - 486 sider
...vortices that soon gave way when better theories were offered. On the other hand, if we add observation to observation, without attempting to draw, not only...end for which only observations ought to be made." Sir Joli n Herschel has also described the quality primarily requisite in a theorist. "As a first preparation,"... | |
 | Edward Singleton Holden - 1880 - 256 sider
...wonder at our xfoing wide from the path of truth and nature. On rne other hand, if we add observation to observation without attempting to draw not only certain...for which only observations ought to be made. I will endeavor to keep a proper medium, but if I should deviate from that, I could wish not to fall into... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1881 - 806 sider
...wonder at our going wide from the path of truth and nature. On the other hand, if we add observation to observation, without attempting to draw not only certain...for which only observations ought to be made. I will endeavor to keep a proper medium, but if I should deviate from that, I could wish not to fall into... | |
 | Edward Singleton Holden, Charles Sheldon Hastings - 1881 - 132 sider
...wonder at our going wide from the path of truth and nature. On the other hand, if we add observation to observation, without attempting to draw not only certain...for which only observations ought to be made. I will endeavor to keep a proper medinm, but if I should deviate from that, I could wish not to fall into... | |
 | 1884 - 536 sider
...Hersohel was able to announce, in 1785, * KNOWLEDGE * [JAS. 25, 1884. This may be inferred from hie remarks in the paper of 1785 respecting the relative...that I could wish not to fall into the latter error." (To be continued.) CURIOUS PHENOMENON. — At 5.25 pm on Friday, the 1 1th inst., a ball of light,... | |
 | 1890 - 442 sider
...worker may, and indeed should, as was laid down by Sir William Herschel, be as little satisfied to " add observation on observation without attempting...conclusions, but also conjectural views from them, .... as to indulge in fanciful imagination and build worlds." Nevertheless, so short is this life,... | |
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