In physical science the discovery of new facts is open to every blockhead with patience, manual dexterity, and acute senses; it is less effectually promoted by genius than by co-operation, and more frequently the result of accident than of design.


Review of 'An Account of the Life, Lectures, and Writings of William Cullen, M.D. Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh', The Edinburgh Review, 1832

John Thomson Quotes

In physical science the discovery of new facts is open to every blockhead with patience, manual dexterity, and acute senses; it is less effectually...

In physical science the discovery of new facts is open to every blockhead with patience, manual dexterity, and acute senses; it is less effectually...

In physical science the discovery of new facts is open to every blockhead with patience, manual dexterity, and acute senses; it is less effectually...

In physical science the discovery of new facts is open to every blockhead with patience, manual dexterity, and acute senses; it is less effectually...