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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A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort. – John Ruskin

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Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. – John Ruskin

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The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will. – Dixie Lee Ray

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A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life. – Robin G. Collingwood

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The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach. – Aleister Crowley

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Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies. – Jeremy Rifkin

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The Being Human people were really cool and let me improvise. They had such a good working atmosphere. It was a cool set-up and a really good environment to be in. – Craig Roberts

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