The successful investigator must combine diverse qualities; he must have clear notions of the result he expects and confidence in the truth of his theories, and yet he must have that candour and flexibility of mind which enable him to accept unfavourable results and abandon mistaken views.


The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method, Book IV, Chapter XVIII (p. 404), Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1887

William Stanley Jevons Quotes

The successful investigator must combine diverse qualities; he must have clear notions of the result he expects and confidence in the truth of his...

The successful investigator must combine diverse qualities; he must have clear notions of the result he expects and confidence in the truth of his...

The successful investigator must combine diverse qualities; he must have clear notions of the result he expects and confidence in the truth of his...

The successful investigator must combine diverse qualities; he must have clear notions of the result he expects and confidence in the truth of his...