John Arthur Thomson Quote

When science makes minor mysteries disappear, greater mysteries stand confessed. For one object of delight whose emotional value science has inevitably lessened — as Newton damaged the rainbow for Keats — science gives back double.


The Outline of Science (Volume 4 ), Chapter XXXVIII (p. 1176)


When science makes minor mysteries disappear, greater mysteries stand confessed. For one object of delight whose emotional value science has...

When science makes minor mysteries disappear, greater mysteries stand confessed. For one object of delight whose emotional value science has...

When science makes minor mysteries disappear, greater mysteries stand confessed. For one object of delight whose emotional value science has...

When science makes minor mysteries disappear, greater mysteries stand confessed. For one object of delight whose emotional value science has...