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Science, which is the logic of nature, demands proportion between the house and its foundation. Theology sometimes builds weighty structures on a doubtful base.

— John Tyndall New Fragments (1892)

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Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles.

Fragments of Science, Vol. II (1879)

It is as fatal as it is cowardly to blink facts because they are not to our taste.

Fragments of Science, Vol. II (1879)

Faraday was not slow to anger, but he completely ruled his own spirit, and thus, though he took no cities, he captivated all hearts.

Faraday as a Discoverer (1868)

A point highly illustrative of the character of Faraday now comes into view.

Faraday as a Discoverer (1868)

The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proved to have their counterparts in the world of fact.

Fragments of Science, Vol. II (1879)

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