Justus von Liebig - Natural Quotes

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Without an acquaintance with chemistry, the statesman must remain a stranger to the true vital interests of the state, to the means of its organic development and improvement;... The highest economic or material interests of a country, the increased and more profitable production of food for man and animals,... are most closely linked with the advancement and diffusion of the natural sciences, especially of chemistry.

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The progress of mankind is due exclusively to the progress of natural sciences, not to morals, religion or philosophy.

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If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and historical research becomes an idle, empty activity.

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Our children have more correct notions of nature and natural phenomena than had Plato! they may treat with ridicule the errors!

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However numerous our observations may be, yet, if they only bear on one side of a question, they will never enable us to penetrate the essence of a natural phenomenon in its full significance.

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