The whole of modern thought is steeped in science; it has made its way into the works of our best poets, and even the mere man of letters, who affects to ignore and despise science, is unconsciously impregnated with her spirit, and indebted for his best products to her methods.


Collected Essays (Volume 8), Discourses, Biological and Geological, A Lobster; or, The Study of Zoology (p. 226)


The whole of modern thought is steeped in science; it has made its way into the works of our best poets, and even the mere man of letters, who...

The whole of modern thought is steeped in science; it has made its way into the works of our best poets, and even the mere man of letters, who...

The whole of modern thought is steeped in science; it has made its way into the works of our best poets, and even the mere man of letters, who...

The whole of modern thought is steeped in science; it has made its way into the works of our best poets, and even the mere man of letters, who...