Whoever attempts to erect a building, should take care that the foundation be securely laid; so also in our inquiries after truth, all our proceedings should be founded upon just and incontrovertible grounds.


Philosophical Remarks on the Theory of Comets, a Dissertation on the, Nature and Properties of Light, Introduction (p. xi), B.J. Holdsworth. 1823


Whoever attempts to erect a building, should take care that the foundation be securely laid; so also in our inquiries after truth, all our...

Whoever attempts to erect a building, should take care that the foundation be securely laid; so also in our inquiries after truth, all our...

Whoever attempts to erect a building, should take care that the foundation be securely laid; so also in our inquiries after truth, all our...

Whoever attempts to erect a building, should take care that the foundation be securely laid; so also in our inquiries after truth, all our...