Untutored minds are very prone to mistake inferences for observations, and prepossessions for facts; their observations and their judgments are alike vitiated by dogma and prejudice; they do not seek to investigate, they seek to prove.


A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, (Volume 1), Chapter I (p. 7)

Joseph William Mellor Quotes

Untutored minds are very prone to mistake inferences for observations, and prepossessions for facts; their observations and their judgments are alike ...

Untutored minds are very prone to mistake inferences for observations, and prepossessions for facts; their observations and their judgments are alike ...

Untutored minds are very prone to mistake inferences for observations, and prepossessions for facts; their observations and their judgments are alike ...

Untutored minds are very prone to mistake inferences for observations, and prepossessions for facts; their observations and their judgments are alike ...