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Quotes from The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell — James Clerk Maxwell

1831–1879 Scotland

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It has been asserted that metaphysical speculation is a thing of the past and that physical science has extirpated it. The discussion of the categories of existence, however, does not appear to be in danger of coming to an end in our time, and the exercise of speculation continues as fascinating to every fresh mind as it was in the days of Thales.

The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell (1890)

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