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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Quotes: Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.
         

Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.


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Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as thought,--that is of the necessary conditions to which thought considered in itself is a subject.

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Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind.

Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind.



In our natural body every part has a necessary sympathy with every other; and all together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole.

In our natural body every part has a necessary sympathy with every other; and all together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole.



The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave.

The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave.



Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.

Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.



There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.

There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.



A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.

A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.



Consummated science is positively humble.

Consummated science is positively humble.





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