If a man cannot acquire the knowledge of others without losing his independence of thought, it is evident he cannot become an original investigator.


The Art of Scientific Discovery, Part III, Chapter XXX (p. 297), Longmans, Green & Co. 1878


If a man cannot acquire the knowledge of others without losing his independence of thought, it is evident he cannot become an original investigator.

If a man cannot acquire the knowledge of others without losing his independence of thought, it is evident he cannot become an original investigator.

If a man cannot acquire the knowledge of others without losing his independence of thought, it is evident he cannot become an original investigator.

If a man cannot acquire the knowledge of others without losing his independence of thought, it is evident he cannot become an original investigator.