"[Science is] piecemeal revelation...." - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
[Science is] piecemeal revelation.
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“We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them...”
“Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.”
“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.”
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“Intuitive powers played a central role in my scientific work, not wild speculation, yet a valued resource when no other approach was available.”
“On the left-hand side of the field equation we may add the fundamental tensor guv, multiplied by a universal constant, -λ, at present unknown, without destroying the general covariance.”
“A circumstance which has always appeared wonderful to me, is that such sublime discoveries should have been made by the sole assistance of a quadrant and a little arithmetic.”