[T]he most fatal error that could be committed by the leade… - John Tyndall

" "
[T]he most fatal error that could be committed by the leaders of religious thought is the attempt to force into their own age conceptions which have lived their life, and come to their natural end in preceding ages.

John Tyndall

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About John Tyndall

John Tyndall (August 2, 1820 – December 4, 1893) was an Irish physicist.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: John Tyndal

All quotes from John Tyndall Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John Tyndall:

Thomas Henry Huxley Alfred North Whitehead Francis Bacon Thomas Carlyle Dan Brown

Additional quotes by John Tyndall

... though he [Michael Faraday] took no cities, he captivated all hearts.

The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proved to have their counterparts in the world of fact.

In the firmament of science Mayer and Joule constitute a double star, the light of each being in a certain sense complementary to that of the other.

[T]he most fatal error that could be committed by the leaders of religious thought is the attempt to force into their own age conceptions which have … - John Tyndall

About John Tyndall

Also Known As

Unlimited Quote Collections

Additional quotes by John Tyndall

Advanced Search Filters