It pleased God to make one nation the medium of all His communications with mankind: This the nation of the Jews has done to a considerable degree in all ages As civilization extended, they by one means or another became most wonderfully dispersed through all countries; and at this day they are almost literally everywhere, the most conspicuous, and in the eye of reason and religion, the most respectable nation on the face of the earth.
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing ver… - Joseph Priestley
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing ver…
- Joseph Priestley
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others. - Joseph Priestley
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other pers… - Joseph Priestley
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other pers…
It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting. - Joseph Priestley
It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. - Joseph Priestley
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one … - Joseph Priestley
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one …
The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air; but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly light and easy for som… - Joseph Priestley
The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air; but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly light and easy for som…
I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with. - Joseph Priestley
I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with.
When we say there is a GOD, we mean that there is an intelligent designing cause of what we see in the world around us, and a being who was himself u… - Joseph Priestley
When we say there is a GOD, we mean that there is an intelligent designing cause of what we see in the world around us, and a being who was himself u…
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