The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.
I am never, never, sick at sea. What never? No never! What never? Hardly ever. - William Gilbert
I am never, never, sick at sea. What never? No never! What never? Hardly ever.
- William Gilbert
The magnetic force is animate, or imitates a soul; in many respects it surpasses the human soul while it is united to an organic body. - William Gilbert
The magnetic force is animate, or imitates a soul; in many respects it surpasses the human soul while it is united to an organic body.
Philosophy is for the few. - William Gilbert
Philosophy is for the few.
A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the ancients consi… - William Gilbert
A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the ancients consi…
Look for knowledge not in books but in things themselves. - William Gilbert
Look for knowledge not in books but in things themselves.
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you… - William Gilbert
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you…
You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it. - William Gilbert
You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.
The magnet's name the observing Grecians drew. From the magnetic region where it grew. - William Gilbert
The magnet's name the observing Grecians drew. From the magnetic region where it grew.
O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the minds of the studious are blinded! - William Gilbert
O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the minds of the studious are blinded!
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