Matthew Fontaine Maury Quote

Long as we are making progress in any field of physical research, so long must the results continue to increase in value; and just so long must what at first was conjecture grow and gain as truth, or fade and fall as error.


The Physical Geography of the Sea, and its Meteorology, Introduction (p. xiv), Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1891


Long as we are making progress in any field of physical research, so long must the results continue to increase in value; and just so long must what...

Long as we are making progress in any field of physical research, so long must the results continue to increase in value; and just so long must what...

Long as we are making progress in any field of physical research, so long must the results continue to increase in value; and just so long must what...

Long as we are making progress in any field of physical research, so long must the results continue to increase in value; and just so long must what...