Quote by John Ruskin
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and de

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. – John Ruskin

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Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. – John Ruskin

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Education
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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? – John Ruskin

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Mans only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. – John Ruskin

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It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural. – Michael Behe

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That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables. – Tony Snow

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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. – Iain Banks

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We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. – Alfred Hitchcock

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