I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them ; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are... The Gentleman's Magazine - Seite 1641834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Colonial Society of Massachusetts - 1917 - 578 Seiten
...of my writings. I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If...I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.... | |
| John Trowbridge - 1917 - 28 Seiten
...of my writings. I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If...I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.... | |
| Colonial Society of Massachusetts - 1917 - 586 Seiten
...of my writings. I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are fight, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes... | |
| John Michels (Journalist) - 1924 - 614 Seiten
...emulate. "I have," he writes, "never entered into any controversy in support of my philosophical opinons; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If...if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected." There is, nevertheless, a place for militancy in science. The world needs a Huxley for every Bryan.... | |
| John Michels - 1924 - 840 Seiten
...emulate. "I have," he writes, "never entered into any controversy in support of my philosophical opinons; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If...if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected." There is, nevertheless, a place for militancy in science. The world needs a Huxley for every Bryan.... | |
| 1925 - 548 Seiten
...emulate. "I have," he writes, "never entered into any controversy in support of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If...if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected." There is, nevertheless, a place for militancy in science. The world needs a Huxley for every Bryan.... | |
| Charles Robert Gibson - 1926 - 392 Seiten
...a quotation : " I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions ; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If...support them ; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and 15? rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper, and disturb one's quiet. I have no private interest... | |
| Arthur Dehon Little - 1928 - 308 Seiten
...emulate. "I have," he writes, "never entered into any controversy in support of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If...if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected." There is, nevertheless, a place for militancy in science. The world needs a Huxley for every Bryan.... | |
| I. Bernard Cohen - 1995 - 376 Seiten
...entered into any controversy" in defense of his "philosophical opinions," which — he believed — ought to "take their chance in the world." If "they are...support them; if wrong they ought to be refuted and rejected."87 He did note, however, that he had "no private interest in the reception" of his inventions,... | |
| I. Bernard Cohen - 1997 - 378 Seiten
...entered into any controversy" in defense of his "philosophical opinions," which — he believed — ought to "take their chance in the world." If "they are right, truth and experience will support them; if urong they ought to be refuted and rejected."87 He did note, however, that he had "no private interest... | |
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