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William Whewell quotes: Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.

Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.

William Whewell quotes: A man really and practically looking onwards to an immortal life, on whatever grounds, exhibits to us the human soul in an enobled attitude.

A man really and practically looking onwards to an immortal life, on whatever grounds, exhibits to us the human soul in an enobled attitude.

William Whewell quotes: Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced.

Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced.

William Whewell quotes: Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.

Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.

William Whewell quotes: In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.

In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.

William Whewell quotes: There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.

There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.

William Whewell quotes: It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

William Whewell quotes: every failure is a step to success!

every failure is a step to success!

William Whewell quotes: Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God.

Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God.

William Whewell quotes: The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.

The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.

William Whewell quotes: And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.

And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.

William Whewell quotes: Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning.

Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning.

William Whewell quotes: We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.]

We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.]