 It is often urged, in respect to some scientific conclusion, that, after all, it is only an hypothesis. But what more have we to guide us in nine-tenths of the most important affairs of daily life than hypotheses, and often very ill-based ones? So that...  Toilers in the Sea - Page 366by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1889 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution - 1863 - 176 pages
...importance, and is sure to be constantly productive of mischievous, if not fatal, results in the long run. Do not allow yourselves to be misled by the common notion that a hypothesis is untrustworthy simply because it is a hypothesis. It is often urged, in respect to some... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1869 - 392 pages
...conclusion, that, after all, it is only a hypothesis. But what more have we to guide us in ninetcnths of the most important affairs of daily life than hypotheses,...ill-based ones ? So that in science, where the evidence of a hypothesis is subjected to the most rigid examination, we may rightly pursue the same course. You... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1869 - 422 pages
...allow yourself to be misled by the common notion that a hypothesis is untrustworthy because it is a hypothesis. It is often urged, in respect to some scientific conclusion, that, after all, it is only a hypothesis. But what more have we to guide us in ninetenths of the most important affairs of daily... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1870 - 396 pages
...hypothesis. It is often urged, in respect to some scientific conclusion, that, after all, it is only a hypothesis. But what more have we to guide us in ninetenths...most important affairs of daily life than hypotheses, andoften very ill-based ones ? So that in science, where the evidence of a hypothesis is subjected... | |
 | Science - 1876 - 802 pages
...difference in the world. Prof. Huxley is right in his estimate of guesses. Says he, " Do not allow yourself to be misled by the common notion that an hypothesis is untrustworthy because it is an hypothesis. What more have we to guide us in nine-tenths of the most important affairs... | |
 | Jan Helenus Ferguson - International law - 1884 - 538 pages
...hypothesis. It is often urged, in respect to some scientific conclusion, that, after all, it is only a hypothesis. But what more have we to guide us in nine-tenths...ill-based ones ? So that in Science, where the evidence of a hypothesis is subjected to the most rigid examination, we may rightly pursue the same course." Further... | |
 | Jan Helenus Ferguson - International law - 1884 - 558 pages
...Huxley, "to be misled by the common notion that a hypothesis is untrustworthy simply because it is a hypothesis. It is often urged, in respect to some scientific conclusion, that, after all, it is only a hypothesis. But what more have we to guide us iu nine-tenths of the most important affairs of daily... | |
 | John Hunter-Duvar - Archaeology - 1892 - 310 pages
...misled by the common notion that a hypothesis is untrustworthy simply because it is a hypothesis. . . . What more have we to guide us in nine-tenths of the most important affairs of daily life than hypothesis ? " From which it must not be deduced that archaeological studies are based on mere guess-work... | |
 | James Morgan Hart - English language - 1901 - 186 pages
...revenge ourselves by the blood of these miserable wretches. Do not allow yourselves to be misled by the notion that an hypothesis is untrustworthy simply because it is an hypothesis. In all such expressions the "not" is closely coupled with the verb. Frequently, however, " not " expresses... | |
 | Numismatics - 1908 - 510 pages
...agnosticism. Huxley, one of our greatest agnostic scientists, was conscious of this when he said, " Do not allow yourselves to be misled by the common notion that a hypothesis is untrustworthy simply because it is a hypothesis " (Lectures to Working Men, 1867).... | |
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