Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes About Science
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[The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.
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Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.
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We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
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As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify nothing in the intellectual life of the race.
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Science is the topography of ignorance. From a few elevated points we triangulate vast spaces, inclosing infinite unknown details. We cast the lead, and draw up a little sand from abysses we may never reach with our dredges.
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Knowledge-it excites prejudices to call it science-is advancing as irresistibly, as majestically, as remorselessly as the ocean moves in upon the shore.
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There are many things which we can afford to forget which it is yet well to learn.
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Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post.
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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- Born: March 8, 1841
- Died: March 6, 1935
- Occupation: Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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