A collection of facts, however skillfully they may be conjured with, can never yield general laws unless they contain that master-fact in which the discovery resides, or upon which the law mainly depends.


In: Margaret Maria Gordon, The Home Life of Sir David Brewster (3rd edition)

David Brewster Quotes

A collection of facts, however skillfully they may be conjured with, can never yield general laws unless they contain that master-fact in which the...

A collection of facts, however skillfully they may be conjured with, can never yield general laws unless they contain that master-fact in which the...

A collection of facts, however skillfully they may be conjured with, can never yield general laws unless they contain that master-fact in which the...

A collection of facts, however skillfully they may be conjured with, can never yield general laws unless they contain that master-fact in which the...