Hypotheses may be useful, though involving much that is superfluous, and even erroneous: for they may supply the true bond of connection of the facts; and the superfluity and error may afterwards be pared away.


The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences Founded Upon Their History, (Volume 2), Aphorisms, Aphorisms Concerning Science, XI (p. 468)

William Whewell Quotes

Hypotheses may be useful, though involving much that is superfluous, and even erroneous: for they may supply the true bond of connection of the...

Hypotheses may be useful, though involving much that is superfluous, and even erroneous: for they may supply the true bond of connection of the...

Hypotheses may be useful, though involving much that is superfluous, and even erroneous: for they may supply the true bond of connection of the...

Hypotheses may be useful, though involving much that is superfluous, and even erroneous: for they may supply the true bond of connection of the...