No Deeply Rooted Tendency Was Ever Extirpated

The Separation Of Science From Knowledge Was Effected Step By Step As The Subjective Method Was Replaced By The Objective Method: I.e., When In Each Inquiry The Phenomena Of External Nature Ceased To Be Interpreted On Premisses Suggested By The Analogies Of Human Nature.

The Great Desire Of This Age Is For A Doctrine Which May Serve To Condense Our Knowledge, Guide Our Researches, And Shape Our Lives, So That Conduct May Really Be The Consequence Of Belief

A Man Must Be Himself Convinced If He Is To Convince Others. The Prophet Must Be His Own Disciple, Or He Will Make None. Enthusiasm Is Contagious: Belief Creates Belief.

If I Advance New Views In Philosophy Or Theology, I Cannot Expect To Have Many Adherents Among Minds Altogether Unprepared For Such Views; Yet It Is Certain That Even Those Who Most Fiercely Oppose Me Will Recognize The Power Of My Voice If It Is Not A Mere Echo; And The Very Novelty Will Challenge Attention, And At Last Gain Adherents If My Views Have Any Real Insight.

The Mathematician Who Is Without Value To Mathematicians, The Thinker Who Is Obscure Or Meaningless To Thinkers, The Dramatist Who Fails To Move The Pit, May Be Wise, May Be Eminent, But As An Author He Has Failed.