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Page 150 - The true,' to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as 'the right' is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
Page 69 - Wer will was Lebendigs erkennen und beschreiben, Sucht erst den Geist heraus zu treiben, Dann hat er die Theile in seiner Hand, Fehlt leider! nur das geistige Band.
Page 73 - In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible knights of old : We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.
Page 43 - is not of this world. I trust that I have got hold of my pitcher by the right handle,— the true method of treating this study. For the Pseudochymists seek gold ; but the true philosophers, science, which is more precious than any gold.
Page 43 - to the benevolent reader" of his Physica Subterranea, he speaks of the chemists as a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that, may I die if I would change places with the Persian king.
Page 4 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 53 - ... convincing himself, nevertheless if in this process there is any element of self-deception, he is perilously near the danger line. There are no fallacies so subtle as those which insinuate themselves into our reasonings at a time when our interests are involved. Therefore when we seek to free ourselves of the burden of responsibility in any situation, we must be peculiarly on guard, that we do not allow ourselves to become ensnared in the toils of those artificial distinctions and plausible explanations,...
Page 10 - They are so little a part of us that they seem prepared for us rather than produced by us. We find ourselves, for instance, face to face with a new situation presenting problems which we have never before considered. A quick decision must be made. There is no time for mature deliberation. It is necessary to judge of the trustworthiness of a man, or of the wisdom of a business venture, or of the probable success or failure of a proposed policy. The circumstances force us to make what may seem to be...
Page 101 - Expelled ye shall be from all fathers' and forefathers' lands! Your children's land ye shall love (be this love your new nobility) the land undiscovered, in the remotest sea! For it I bid your sails seek and seek!