...done by the natural philosopher, the student of God's Works1 : shall those who are engaged in the 1 " The character of the true philosopher is to hope all...impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable. He who has seen obscurities which appeared impenetrable in physical and mathematical science suddenly...

...As Herschel, the enlightened prosecutor of a more successful science, declares " the characteristic of the true philosopher is to hope all things not...impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable." Great, doubtless, are the advances which have been made in investigating the nature of the imponderable...

...lesson to be learnt from this subject is the duty of caution. Herschell remarks, " The character of a true philosopher is to hope all things not impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable." This strikes us as one great lesson taught by opposition to discovery and invention. " Impossible"...

...back again " to religion." For to quote the words of one* of the greatest of living philosophers, " The character of the true philosopher is to hope all...impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable." And surely there is nothing in itself impossible or unreasonable which we are called upon in Scripture...

...are existing around." Or with Sir John Herschel, one of the brightest living ornaments of science, " The character of the true philosopher is to hope all...things not impossible, and to believe all things not uureasonable." But grant that science does lead to scepticism, and consequences will follow from which...

...none of these idle tales. His character, like that of the true philosopher as described by Herschel, " is to hope all things not impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable." A few words must suffice on the medical treatment of chronic alcoholism ; which differs from delirium...

...linendraper would shew in commending the very different articles which lie on his shelves." CHAPTER XIII. " The character of the true philosopher is to hope all...impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable:' — SIR JOHN HER$CHEL. VISIT FROM M. PELLETAN — DALTON'S APPARATUS — CHEMICAL PROGRESS — GAY...

...their removal is not far distant ; for, to quote Sir John Herschel once more, " the character of the philosopher is to hope all things not impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable." There are three branches of scientific inquiry which bear an important relation to Biblical statements...

...persistent inquiry into the unknown, and leads the true philosopher, in Sir John Herschel's words, "to hope all things not impossible and to believe all things not unreasonable." The scientific mood, aim, and method are described by Prof. Thomson and illustrated by apt quotation...

...accomplish objects which, but for such knowledge, we would never have thought of undertaking." Or again, "The character of the true philosopher is to hope...impossible, and to believe all things not unreasonable. When once embarked on any physical research, it is impossible for any one to predict where it will...