Nothing is so preposterously unscientific than to assert, that with the utmost strides attempted by science we should necessarily be sensibly nearer to a conception of the ultimate nature of matter.


Lectures on Some Recent Advances in Physical Science (p. 284), Macmillan & Company Ltd. 1876

Peter Guthrie Tait Quotes

Nothing is so preposterously unscientific than to assert, that with the utmost strides attempted by science we should necessarily be sensibly nearer...

Nothing is so preposterously unscientific than to assert, that with the utmost strides attempted by science we should necessarily be sensibly nearer...

Nothing is so preposterously unscientific than to assert, that with the utmost strides attempted by science we should necessarily be sensibly nearer...

Nothing is so preposterously unscientific than to assert, that with the utmost strides attempted by science we should necessarily be sensibly nearer...