"X-rays ... I am afraid of them...." - Quote by Thomas Edison
X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms.
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“All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature.”
“...These healers...my intellect has been unable to assimilate their theories....But their facts are patent and startling; and anything that interferes with the multiplication of such facts, and with our freest opportunity of observing and studying them, will, I believe, be a public calamity.”
“The number of natural hypothesis that can explain any given phenomena is infinite.”
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“Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.”
“It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.”
“Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence .”