George Gore Quote

Existing knowledge is the basis of future discovery; all our knowledge of the future is implicitly wrapped up in nature; we require to stand upon the terra-firma of the known, in order to stretch outwards into the darkness and uncertainty of the unknown.


The Art of Scientific Discovery, Chapter XXX (p. 293), Longmans, Green & Co. 1878


Existing knowledge is the basis of future discovery; all our knowledge of the future is implicitly wrapped up in nature; we require to stand upon the ...

Existing knowledge is the basis of future discovery; all our knowledge of the future is implicitly wrapped up in nature; we require to stand upon the ...

Existing knowledge is the basis of future discovery; all our knowledge of the future is implicitly wrapped up in nature; we require to stand upon the ...

Existing knowledge is the basis of future discovery; all our knowledge of the future is implicitly wrapped up in nature; we require to stand upon the ...