Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Wood , James (2010-08-16), Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, Retrieved on 2012-01-30
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    30 JAN 2012

     Science Will Not Descend to You

    Philosophy dwells aloft in the Temple of Science, the divinity of its inmost shrine; her dictates descend among men, but she herself descends not : whoso would behold her must climb with long and laborious effort, nay, still linger in the forecourt, till manifold trial have proved him worthy of admission into the interior solemnities.
    Folksonomies: wisdom learning
    Folksonomies: wisdom learning
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    Quoting Thomas Carlyle: you must climb the mountain to meet it.

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