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Science is the systematic classification of experience.

George Henry Lewes

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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Science
Classification
Systematic
Experience

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Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
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Roger Bacon, a disciple of the Arabs, also insisted on the primary necessity of Mathematics, without which no other science can be known yet by Mathematics it is clear that he meant something very different from what we mean, including under that head even dancing, singing, gesticulation, and performance on musical instruments.
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To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
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Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.
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Those works alone can have enduring success which successfully appeal to what is permanent in human nature -- which, while suiting the taste of the day, contain truths and beauty deeper than the opinions and tastes of the day.
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To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.
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Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility.
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Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
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To his [ Plato's ] great disappointment, he found Anaxagoras adducing simple physical reasons, instead of the teleological reasons, which he had expected. Such a teacher could no longer allure him.
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To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.
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Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others.
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