Quotes by "Cleveland Abbe"

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

Cleveland Abbe

action

I have started that which the country will not willingly let die.

Cleveland Abbe

country land

It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.

Cleveland Abbe

life spirit

True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions.

Cleveland Abbe

science knowledge