Henry Baker (naturalist) Quotes

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Remember that Truth alone is the Matter that you are in search after; and if you have been mistaken, let not Vanity seduce you to persist in your Mistake.

Henry Baker
Each seed includes a Plant: that Plant, again, Has other Seeds, which other Plants contain: Those other Plants have All their Seeds, and Those More Plants again, successively, inclose. Thus ev'ry single Berry that we find, Has, really, in itself whole Forests of its Kind.

Henry Baker
Beware of determining and declaring your Opinion suddenly on any Object; for Imagination often gets the Start of judgment, and makes People believe they see Things, which better Observations will convince them could not possibly be seen: Therefore assert nothing till after repeated Experiments and Examinations in all Lights and in all Positions.

Henry Baker
When you employ the Microscope, shake off all Prejudice, nor harbor any favorite Opinions; for, if you do, 'tis not unlikely Fancy will betray you into Error, and make you see what you wish to see.

Henry Baker
Beware of determining and declaring your Opinion suddenly on any Object; for Imagination often gets the Start of judgment, and makes People believe they see Things, which better Observations will convince them could not possibly be seen: Therefore assert nothing till after repeated Experiments and Examinations in all Lights and in all Positions.

Henry Baker
When you employ the Microscope, shake off all Prejudice, nor harbor any favorite Opinions; for, if you do, 'tis not unlikely Fancy will betray you into Error, and make you see what you wish to see.

Henry Baker