The whole object of science is to synthesize, and so simplify; and did we but know the uttermost of a subject we could make it singularly clear.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
There are celestial sights more dazzling, spectacles that inspire more awe, but to the thoughtful observer who is privileged to see them well, there … - Percival Lowell
There are celestial sights more dazzling, spectacles that inspire more awe, but to the thoughtful observer who is privileged to see them well, there …
Now when we think that each of these stars is probably the centre of a solar system grander than our own, we cannot seriously take ourselves to be th… - Percival Lowell
Now when we think that each of these stars is probably the centre of a solar system grander than our own, we cannot seriously take ourselves to be th…
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