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1820–1893 Ireland

John Tyndall (August 2, 1820 – December 4, 1893) was an Irish physicist.

Ireland
Academics
Physicists

Also known as: Tyndall, John

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The Apocrypha... ought to be bound up with all your Bibles; it contains much that is beautiful and wise, and there is in history nothing finer than the description of Eleazar's end.

New Fragments (1892)

On the Methods and Tendencies of Physical Investigation, p. 7.

Scientific addresses (1870)

[W]aste in intellect may be as much an incident of growth as waste in nature.

New Fragments (1892)

The yoke of religion has not always been easy, nor its burden light—a result arising, in part from the ignorance of the world at large, but more especially from the mistakes of those who had the charge and guidance of a great spiritual force, and who guided it blindly.

New Fragments (1892)

[K]nowledge and progress are the fruits of action.

New Fragments (1892)

We ought not to judge superior men without reference to the spirit of their age. This is an influence from which they cannot escape, and so far as it extenuates their errors it ought to be pleaded in their favour.

New Fragments (1892)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Tyndall (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.