The history of science teaches only too plainly the lesson that no single method is absolutely to be relied upon.
—Lord Rayleigh, 1882
Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but
the very exceptional.
—John Dewey, 1916
We should not be ashamed to change our methods; rather we should be ashamed never to
do so.
—Charles V. Chapin, 1924
All methods enabling substantial advance toward the truth are grade-A methods.
—I. I. Blekhman et al., 1983
It is in the works of application that one must study [methods]; one judges their utility there
and appraises the manner of making use of them.
—Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks for the most
part in vain.
—David Hilbert, 1902
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There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence
in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring
nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
—William Osler, 1892
The power and salvation of a people lie in its intelligentsia, in the intellectuals who think
honestly, feel, and can work.
—Anton Chekhov, 1921
I saw that most men only care for science so far as they get a living by it, and that they
worship even error when it affords them a subsistence.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1825
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
—Humphry Davy, 1830
The degradation of the position of the scientist as an independent worker and thinker to that
of a morally irresponsible stooge in a science-factory has proceeded even more rapidly and
devastatingly than I had expected.
—Norbert Wiener, 1948
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As quoted, without a date, by J. F. Maurice in 1814.
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—Lord Rayleigh, 1882
Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but
the very exceptional.
—John Dewey, 1916
We should not be ashamed to change our methods; rather we should be ashamed never to
do so.
—Charles V. Chapin, 1924
All methods enabling substantial advance toward the truth are grade-A methods.
—I. I. Blekhman et al., 1983
It is in the works of application that one must study [methods]; one judges their utility there
and appraises the manner of making use of them.
—Joseph-Louis Lagrange
14
He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks for the most
part in vain.
—David Hilbert, 1902
***
There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence
in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring
nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
—William Osler, 1892
The power and salvation of a people lie in its intelligentsia, in the intellectuals who think
honestly, feel, and can work.
—Anton Chekhov, 1921
I saw that most men only care for science so far as they get a living by it, and that they
worship even error when it affords them a subsistence.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1825
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
—Humphry Davy, 1830
The degradation of the position of the scientist as an independent worker and thinker to that
of a morally irresponsible stooge in a science-factory has proceeded even more rapidly and
devastatingly than I had expected.
—Norbert Wiener, 1948
14
As quoted, without a date, by J. F. Maurice in 1814.
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