Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates … - John Frederick William Herschel

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Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design.

John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical work.

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Alternative Names: John Herschel • Sir John Frederick William Herschel • Zhon Gershelʹ • John Frederick Herschel • Sir John Herschel • John F. W. Herschel • J. F. W. Herschel • Dzhon Frederik Uilʹi︠a︡m Gershelʹ

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