Is it at all surprising that the number of those who hold the opinions of the Church in light esteem should so rapidly increase? How can that be received as a trustworthy guide in the invisible, which falls into so many errors in the visible?
In early life I had felt a strong desire to devote myself to the experimental study of nature; and, happening to see a glass containing some camphor,… - John William Draper
In early life I had felt a strong desire to devote myself to the experimental study of nature; and, happening to see a glass containing some camphor,…
- John William Draper
Over events, we may have some control, but over the law of life's progress none. - John William Draper
Over events, we may have some control, but over the law of life's progress none.
The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of two contending powers, the expansive force … - John William Draper
The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of two contending powers, the expansive force …
Every movement in the skies or upon the earth proclaims to us that the universe is under government. - John William Draper
Every movement in the skies or upon the earth proclaims to us that the universe is under government.
I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans. Surel… - John William Draper
I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans. Surel…
Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment, least of all death, fo… - John William Draper
Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment, least of all death, fo…
Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling. - John William Draper
Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling.
The scientific study of Nature tends not only to correct and ennoble the intellectual conceptions of man; it serves also to ameliorate his physical c… - John William Draper
The scientific study of Nature tends not only to correct and ennoble the intellectual conceptions of man; it serves also to ameliorate his physical c…
How is it that the Church produced no geometer in her autocratic reign of twelve hundred years? - John William Draper
How is it that the Church produced no geometer in her autocratic reign of twelve hundred years?
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