Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Chesterton , G. K. (2009-01-01), Heretics, Serenity Publishers, Retrieved on 2012-01-31Source Material [books.google.com]
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31 JAN 2012
Science Demands Reliable Instruments
Men can construct a science with very few instruments, or with very plain instruments; but no one on earth could construct a science with unreliable instruments. A man might work out the whole of mathematics with a handful of pebbles, but not with a handful of clay which was always falling apart into new fragments, and falling together into new combinations. A man might measure heaven and earth with a reed, but not with a growing reed.Folksonomies: measurement
Folksonomies: measurement
One can measure with a stick, but not with a growing reed.