That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then he is so happy with his achievement that as a rule he overlooks the main chief fact of all-that all his accumulation proves an entirely different thing.


What is man? (ed. 1917)

Mark Twain Quotes

That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then ...

That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then ...

That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then ...

That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then ...