“ It is simply not true that the great triumphs and discoveries of science have been made by assiduous inductions. The verification of scientific theories can often be left, most economically and most safely, to someone other than their propounder. ”
Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith (1925). copy citation
| Author | Sinclair Lewis |
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| Source | Arrowsmith |
| Topic | discovery science |
| Date | 1925 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200131h.html |
Context
“And that is rather a poor moral; or shall we say, it is shockingly incomplete. In so far as it is Mr. Sinclair Lewis's own opinion, which he wishes to propagate among us, we must condemn it out of hand. It is simply not true that the great triumphs and discoveries of science have been made by assiduous inductions. The verification of scientific theories can often be left, most economically and most safely, to someone other than their propounder. But it has at any rate provided Mr. Lewis with a theme to unify his book, and in so far as it is an ideal to his chief character, driving him to his best accomplishment, keeping him from sinking into laziness or carelessness, bringing him into emotional conflicts and giving him the chance to display his individuality, it is a good and legitimate background for the story.”
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