We especially need imagination in science.

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The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and...

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and...

Question everything.

Question everything.

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and to-day a Catholic; and the more I see...

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and to-day a Catholic; and the more I see...

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the...

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going...

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going...

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive...

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive...

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin...

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin...

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue;...

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue;...

A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these...

A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these...

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...

We have limited knowledge, or else science and philosophy would not be necessary.

We have limited knowledge, or else science and philosophy would not be necessary.