(originally posted on 31 Oct 2015)
He who pronounces anything to be "impossible", outside of the field of pure mathematics, is wanting in prudence.
~ FRANCOIS ARAGO
A learned pedant who laughs at the possible comes very near being an idiot. To purposely shun a fact and turn one's back on it with a supercilious smile, is to bankrupt Truth.
~ VICTOR HUGO
Science is under bonds by the eternal principles of honour, to look fearlessly in the face every problem that is presented to her.
~ SIR WILLIAM THOMPSON
~ FRANCOIS ARAGO
A learned pedant who laughs at the possible comes very near being an idiot. To purposely shun a fact and turn one's back on it with a supercilious smile, is to bankrupt Truth.
~ VICTOR HUGO
Science is under bonds by the eternal principles of honour, to look fearlessly in the face every problem that is presented to her.
~ SIR WILLIAM THOMPSON
Mysterious Psychic Forces
by Camille Flammarion
Published 1907
AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S INVESTIGATIONS IN
PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, TOGETHER WITH THOSE
OF OTHER EUROPEAN SAVANTS
Click to read
by Camille Flammarion
Published 1907
AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S INVESTIGATIONS IN
PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, TOGETHER WITH THOSE
OF OTHER EUROPEAN SAVANTS
Click to read