No one science is so little connected with the rest, as not to afford many principles whose use may extend considerably beyond the science to which they primarily belong; and that no proposition is so purely theoretical as to be totally incapable of being applied to practical purposes.


The Life of Samuel Johnson (Volume 1) V (9th edition), 1784 (pp. 397-398)

James Boswell Quotes

No one science is so little connected with the rest, as not to afford many principles whose use may extend considerably beyond the science to which...

No one science is so little connected with the rest, as not to afford many principles whose use may extend considerably beyond the science to which...

No one science is so little connected with the rest, as not to afford many principles whose use may extend considerably beyond the science to which...

No one science is so little connected with the rest, as not to afford many principles whose use may extend considerably beyond the science to which...