Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well …

- William Whewell

Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.

- William Whewell

In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.

- William Whewell

Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of erro…

- William Whewell

Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God.

- William Whewell

Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given end…

- William Whewell

Every failure is a step to success.

- William Whewell

The main object of the work was to present such a survey of the advances already made in physical knowledge, and of the mode in which they have been …

- William Whewell

The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phe…

- William Whewell