To study the natural sciences merely as a collection of interesting facts which it is well for every educated man to know, seldom serves a useful purpose. The young mind becomes wearied with the details, and soon forgets what it has never more than half acquired.


Scientific Culture: And Other Essays (2nd edition), Scientific Culture (p. 41)

Josiah Parsons Cooke Quotes

To study the natural sciences merely as a collection of interesting facts which it is well for every educated man to know, seldom serves a useful...

To study the natural sciences merely as a collection of interesting facts which it is well for every educated man to know, seldom serves a useful...

To study the natural sciences merely as a collection of interesting facts which it is well for every educated man to know, seldom serves a useful...

To study the natural sciences merely as a collection of interesting facts which it is well for every educated man to know, seldom serves a useful...