Experience once recognized as the fountain of all our knowledge of nature, it follows that, in the study of nature and its laws, we ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss as idle prejudices, or at least suspend as premature, any preconceived notion... The Scientific Basis of Homoeopathy - Page 63by William Henry Holcombe - 1852 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Frederick William Herschel - 1831 - 310 pages
...to light new relations, new laws, and new practical applications. (68.) Experience once recognised as the fountain of all our knowledge of nature, it...ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss as idle prejudices, or at least suspend as premature, any preconceived notion of what might or what ought to... | |
| 1847 - 420 pages
...a few appropriate words from Herschell's ' Preliminary Discourse.' — " Experience once recognised as the fountain of all our knowledge of Nature, it...ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss as idle prejudices, or at least suspend as premature, any pre-conceived notion of what might, or what ought... | |
| 1854 - 408 pages
...OF NATURE. BY EDWARD NEWMAN. In One Vol. 800, with Map of the Animal Kingdom, price 10s., cloth. " Experience once recognized as the fountain of all...that, in the study of Nature and its laws, we ought to make up our minds to dismiss as idle prejudices, or at least suspend as premature, any preconceived... | |
| 1856 - 750 pages
...It follows, therefore, as a natural corollary, that in the study of medicine and the laws of health we ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss, as idle prejudice (or at least to suspend, as premature), all our preconceived notions of what ought to be the order of things in... | |
| John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell - 1856 - 728 pages
...It follows, therefore, as a natural corollary, that in the study of medicine and the laws of health we ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss, as idle prejudice (or at least to suspend, as premature), all our preconceived notions of what ought to be the order of things in... | |
| James Sanford Lamar - 1860 - 336 pages
...we need offer no apology for introducing the following admirable remarks of Sir John Herschel: — "Experience, once recognized as the fountain of all...that, in the study of nature and its laws, we ought to dismiss as idle prejudices, or at least suspend as premature, any preconceived notion of what might... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - 446 pages
...think that, in spite of the ai/ro? tya, any * " Experience," says Sir JW Herschell, " once recognised as the fountain of all our knowledge of nature, it...ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss as idle prejudices, or at least suspend as premature, any pre-conceiyed notion of what might, or what ought... | |
| John Ryan (LL.D.) - 1864 - 102 pages
..."Experience," remarked that distinguished philosopher, " once recognised as the fountain of all our knowledge of nature and its laws, we ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss as idle prejudices, or, at least, to suspend as premature, any preconceived notion of what might or what ought... | |
| 1873 - 800 pages
...selection. Experience is the true and only foundation of our knowledge, and this once recognised, " it follows that in the study of nature and its laws...ought at once to make up our minds to dismiss as idle prejudices, or at least suspend as premature, any pre-conceived notion of what might or what ought... | |
| H. Charlton Bastian - 1874 - 216 pages
...in all departments learn more fully to act in accordance with wise precepts such as these -f : — " Experience once recognized as the fountain of all...the study of nature and its laws, we ought at once * Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, p. 204. t Idem, p. 79. E to make up our minds to dismiss... | |
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