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" False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness... "
Report of the ... and ... Meetings of the British Association for the ... - Page 682
by British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1895
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate, Volume 71

1871
...are by no means convinced that we have seen. There may be some consolation in the statement that " False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often long endure ; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, as every one takes a...
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Volume 2

Charles Darwin - 1871 - 470 pages
...of evolution would throw light on some of the more complex problems in the natural history of man. False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often long endure; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, as every one takes a salutary...
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Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Volumes 84-86

Kansas Academy of Science - 1981 - 668 pages
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A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man, Volume 1

George Harris - 1876 - 462 pages
...it is pronounced, but frequently appears at variance with fact, although it becomes developed on 1 " False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often long endure ; hut false -views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, as every one takes a...
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The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Primitive history. 1876

Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1876 - 824 pages
...us to facts; it is often through the doubtful or the false that we attain the truth; as Darwin says: "False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often long endure; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, as every one takes a salutary...
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The native races. 1886

Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1883 - 826 pages
...us to facts; it is often through the doubtful or the false that we attain the truth; as Darwin says: "False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often long endure; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, as every one takes a salutary...
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Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself: Characteristic Passages from the ...

Charles Darwin - 1884 - 396 pages
...of evolution would throw light on some of the more complex problems in the natural history of man. False facts are highly injurious to the progress of...if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness ; and, when this is done, one path toward...
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Lectures on Dietetics and Dyspepsia

Sir William Roberts - 1885 - 122 pages
...words of Darwin. ' False facts,' he says, ' are highly injurious to the progress of science, because they often endure long ; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, because everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness ; and when this is done one path...
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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft

1886 - 1886 - 912 pages
...us to facts; it is often through the doubtful or the false that we attain the truth; as Darwin says: "False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often long endure; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, as every one takes a salutary...
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Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc, Volume 71

American Society of Naval Engineers - 1959 - 838 pages
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