L. Hamilton McCormick Quotes

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The manner in which thought flits from subject to subject is suggestive of the humming bird passing from flower to flower, ever active, ever moving, and ceaselessly busy.

L. Hamilton McCormick
The home of the reasoning mind is out among the stars, in the vast unknown.

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The brain is the soil in which knowledge is implanted, and just as a gardener divides his ground into parcels for the cultivation of different plants, so the various districts of the brain are set apart for different kinds of thought and of knowledge.

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The cranium is a caldron in which thoughts are boiled down.

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The human brain is a vast business establishment compressed within a small space.

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A profound brain is related to average brains as a giant is to average humanity.

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Reason leads to conclusions, which may be logical or illogical, sound or unsound, according as they are based on valid or invalid premises. The selection of premises depends upon judgment, and consequently, premises with sound reasoners must be valid and sound.

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The centre of the universe is knowledge; its circumference is ignorance.

L. Hamilton McCormick
Invention depends upon the power to visualize that which has no existence in reality. This ability is at the foundation of all constructive talent.

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Ignorance covers the eyes as banks of clouds conceal the sun. Education will dissipate the clouds of ignorance and reveal the sunshine of knowledge.

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There is a thought which connects every human being with the infinite.

L. Hamilton McCormick