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For Example, There Are Numbers Of Chemists Who Occupy Themselves Exclusively With The Study Of Dyestuffs. They Discover Facts That Are Useful To Scientific Chemistry; But They Do Not Rank As Genuine Scientific Men. The Genuine Scientific Chemist Cares Just As Much To Learn About Erbium-the Extreme Rarity Of Which Renders It Commercially Unimportant-as He Does About Iron. He Is More Eager To Learn About Erbium If The Knowledge Of It Would Do More To Complete His Conception Of The Periodic Law, Which Expresses The Mutual Relations Of The Elements.

We Should Chiefly Depend Not Upon That Department Of The Soul Which Is Most Superficial And Fallible (our Reason), But Upon That Department That Is Deep And Sure, Which Is Instinct.

Consider What Effects That Might Conceivably Have Practical Bearings You Conceive The Objects Of Your Conception To Have. Then, Your Conception Of Those Effects Is The Whole Of Your Conception Of The Object.

Fate Then Is That Necessity By Which A Certain Result Will Surely Be Brought To Pass According To The Natural Course Of Events However We May Vary The Particular Circumstances Which Precede The Event.

The Essence Of Belief Is The Establishment Of A Habit; And Different Beliefs Are Distinguished By The Different Modes Of Action To Which They Give Rise.