There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.
More Quotes from William Whewell:
The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.William Whewell
Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.
William Whewell
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.
William Whewell
And so no force, however great, Can stretch a cord, however fine, Into a horizontal line That shall be absolutely straight. Quoted as an example of accidental metre and rhyme.
William Whewell
Every failure is a step to success.
William Whewell
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