“From the Leaves, and Downs, and Beards of Plants, we come at last to the Seeds; and here indeed seems to be the Cabinet of Nature, wherein are laid up its Jewels.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Leaves, downs, beards, plants, seeds
“The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of Observations on material and obvious things.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Science, Brain, Nature, fancy, Observations
“It is said of great Empires, That the best way to preserve them from decay, is to bring them back to the first Principles, and Arts, on which they did begin.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Empires, preserve, Decay, Principles, Arts
“By this the Earth it self, which lyes so neer us, under our feet, shews quite a new thing to us, and in every little particle of its matter; we now behold almost as great a variety of Creatures, as we were able before to reckon up in the whole Universe it self.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Earth, Lie, Truth, under, Feet
“But because the light of the Sun, and also that of a Window, is in a continual variation, and so many Objects cannot be view'd long enough by them to be throughly examin'd; besides that, oftentimes the Weather is so dark and cloudy, that for many dayes together nothing can be view'd: And because als…”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Light, Sun, window, variation, Objects
“Next, as for the Memory, or retentive faculty, we may be sufficiently instructed from the written Histories of civil actions, what great assistance may be afforded the Memory, in the committing to writing things observable in natural operations.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Memory, retentive faculty, remember, Histories, actions
“As in Geometry, the most natural way of beginning is from a Mathematical point; so is the same method in Observations and Natural history the most genuine, simple, and instructive. We must first endevour to make letters, and draw single strokes true, before we venture to write whole Sentences, or to…”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Geometry, Natural, Mathematical, Mathematics, Math
“And in Physical Enquiries, we must endevour to follow Nature in the more plain and easie ways she treads in the most simple and uncompounded bodies, to trace her steps, and be acquainted with her manner of walking there, before we venture our selves into the multitude of meanders she has in bodies o…”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: physical, Enquiries, Nature, Guide, Bodies
“Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed?”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Morning, devotions, grooming, dirty, Soul
“For the Members of the Assembly having before their eys so many fatal Instances of the errors and falshoods, in which the greatest part of mankind has so long wandred, because they rely'd upon the strength of humane Reason alone, have begun anew to correct all Hypotheses by sense, as Seamen do their…”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Errors, falshoods, Reason, Hypotheses, Reckonings
“The Wings of all kinds of Insects, are, for the most part, very beautifull Objects, and afford no less pleasing an Object to the mind to speculate upon, then to the eye to behold.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Wings, Insects, Beautiful, Objects, pleasing
“By this the Earth it self, which lyes so near us, under our feet, shews quite a new thing to us, and in every little particle of its matter, we now behold almost as great a variety of Creatures, as we were able before to reckon up in the Whole Universe itself.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Earth, under, particle, behold, Matter
“By the help of microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible world discovered to the understanding.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.comTagged: Microscopes, small, Inquiry, World, visible