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John Herschel quotes: What God sends is welcome.

What God sends is welcome.

John Herschel quotes: The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented.

The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented.

John Herschel quotes: There is a pinciple in the heart of music which has yet to be discovered.

There is a pinciple in the heart of music which has yet to be discovered.

John Herschel quotes: Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.

John Herschel quotes: The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry.

The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry.

John Herschel quotes: The barrier has begun to yield.

The barrier has begun to yield.

John Herschel quotes: Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

John Herschel quotes: To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

John Herschel quotes: Self-respect,the corner-stone of all virtue.

Self-respect,
the corner-stone of all virtue.

John Herschel quotes: The stars are the land-marks of the universe.

The stars are the land-marks of the universe.

John Herschel quotes: Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries

Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries

John Herschel quotes: Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated.

Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated.