Trial by a combat of wits in disputations has no attraction for the seeker after truth; to him, the appeal to experiment is the last and only test of the merit of an opinion, conjecture, or hypothesis.


A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Chapter I (p. 16), Longman, Green & Co. 1922

Joseph William Mellor Quotes

Trial by a combat of wits in disputations has no attraction for the seeker after truth; to him, the appeal to experiment is the last and only test of ...

Trial by a combat of wits in disputations has no attraction for the seeker after truth; to him, the appeal to experiment is the last and only test of ...

Trial by a combat of wits in disputations has no attraction for the seeker after truth; to him, the appeal to experiment is the last and only test of ...

Trial by a combat of wits in disputations has no attraction for the seeker after truth; to him, the appeal to experiment is the last and only test of ...