Robert Chambers Quote

The progress of knowledge is very irregular, somewhat resembling the movements of an army, of which some battalions are in vigorous health, while others are sickly or overburdened with baggage. The experimental marches on at a good pace; the observational proceeds but slowly; the speculative is left far in the rear.


p. 1 - Testimony: its Posture in the Scientific World (1859)


The progress of knowledge is very irregular, somewhat resembling the movements of an army, of which some battalions are in vigorous health, while...

The progress of knowledge is very irregular, somewhat resembling the movements of an army, of which some battalions are in vigorous health, while...

The progress of knowledge is very irregular, somewhat resembling the movements of an army, of which some battalions are in vigorous health, while...

The progress of knowledge is very irregular, somewhat resembling the movements of an army, of which some battalions are in vigorous health, while...