Excerpt from Essays Page 28. Science is pure, for science has nothing of practice; She does not touch men to spread knowledge and gain disciples does not concern her; her duty is to prove, not to per suade nor convert. We see science in another light; we think she has much to do with man, for she teaches him whence he came, to what he goes in nature, and it is only by practice that she can prove anything as true - She cannot live without disciples to spread her knowledge and when She proves, she persuades and converts. ...
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Excerpt from Essays Page 28. Science is pure, for science has nothing of practice; She does not touch men to spread knowledge and gain disciples does not concern her; her duty is to prove, not to per suade nor convert. We see science in another light; we think she has much to do with man, for she teaches him whence he came, to what he goes in nature, and it is only by practice that she can prove anything as true - She cannot live without disciples to spread her knowledge and when She proves, she persuades and converts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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