Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide…

Thomas Carlyle
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Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience, on which all science swims as a mere superficial film. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2014). The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.96, Lulu.com
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Experience takes dreadfully high school-wages, but he teaches like no other. ✨ Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (2010). The Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.293, Cambridge University Press
Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.
I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2014). The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.397, Lulu.com
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether. ✨ Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (2010). The Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.451, Cambridge University Press

Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience, on which all science swims as a mere superficial film. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2014). The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.96, Lulu.com

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