Ever since celestial mechanics in the skillful hands of Leverrier and Adams led to the world-amazed discovery of Neptune, a belief has existed begotten of that success that still other planets lay beyond, only waiting to be found.
Are physical forces alone at work there, or has evolution begotten something more complex, something not akin to what we know on Earth as life? It is… - Percival Lowell
Are physical forces alone at work there, or has evolution begotten something more complex, something not akin to what we know on Earth as life? It is…
- Percival Lowell
That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be. - Percival Lowell
That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be.
Formulae are the anaesthetics of thought, not its stimulants and to make any one think is far better worth while than cramming him with ill-considere… - Percival Lowell
Formulae are the anaesthetics of thought, not its stimulants and to make any one think is far better worth while than cramming him with ill-considere…
Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mi… - Percival Lowell
Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mi…
War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation. - Percival Lowell
War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation.
Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. - Percival Lowell
Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.
Speculation has been singularly fruitful as to what these markings on our next to nearest neighbor in space may mean. Each astronomer holds a differe… - Percival Lowell
Speculation has been singularly fruitful as to what these markings on our next to nearest neighbor in space may mean. Each astronomer holds a differe…
Bright points in the sky or a blow on the head will equally cause one to see stars. - Percival Lowell
Bright points in the sky or a blow on the head will equally cause one to see stars.
Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. Let me warn you to beware of two oppos… - Percival Lowell
Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. Let me warn you to beware of two oppos…
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