 Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and could believe in the Arabian Nights as easily as in the Encyclopaedia ; but facts were important to me and saved me.  Faraday as a Discoverer - Pàgina 7per John Tyndall - 1873 - 171 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1872 - 862 pàgines
...philosophy. Do not suppose that I was a very deeper thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was » very lively, imaginative person, and could believe in the ' Arabian Nights ' as easily as in the ' EncyclopiB lia; ' but facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fict, ant always... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 674 pàgines
...which gave me my foundation in that science. " Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or waa marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively,...believe in the Arabian Nights as easily as in the Encyclopaedia ; but facts were important to me and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 636 pàgines
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcel's ' Conversations on Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science " Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...believe in the ' Arabian Nights' as easily as in the ' Encyclopaedia.' But facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always crossexamined... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 658 pàgines
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's ' Conversations on Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. " Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...believe in the Arabian Nights as easily as in the Encyclopaedia ; but facts were important to me and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pàgines
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's ' Conversations on Chemistry," which gave me my foundation in that science " Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and conld believe in the ' Arabian Nights' as easily as in the ' Encyclopaedia.' But facts were important... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1870 - 552 pàgines
...electricity. Of those years he says himself, in a letter to the eminent savant De la Rive, of Geneva : — Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...believe in the "Arabian Nights" as easily as in the "Encyclopaedia." But facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined... | |
 | Richard Quain - 1870 - 172 pàgines
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's ' Conversations on Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...believe in the 'Arabian Nights,' as easily as in the 'Encyclopaedia.' But facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined... | |
 | Bence Jones - 1870 - 512 pàgines
...electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's " Conversations on Chemistry," which gave me my foundation in that science. 4 Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or...believe in the " Arabian Nights " as easily as in the " Encyclopaedia ; " but facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always... | |
 | Bence Jones, Michael Faraday - 1870 - 534 pàgines
...imaginative person, who could believe in the " Arabian Nights " as easily as in the " Encyclopaedia," but facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact.' Over and over again he showed his love of experiments in his writings and lectures : ' Without experiment... | |
 | Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London - 1871 - 434 pàgines
...death), " gave me my foundation in that science. Do not suppose that I was a very deep character, or marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively,...believe in the ' Arabian Nights' as easily as in the ' Encyclopaedia.' But facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact and always cross-examined... | |
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