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Isaac D'Israeli
(11 May 1766 - 19 Jan 1848)
British writer Name now often seen as Isaac Disraeli. His son, Benjamin Disraeli became Prime Minister of Britain, who dropped the apostrophe from his last name.
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Science Quotes by Isaac D'Israeli (2 quotes)
Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius.
— Isaac D'Israeli
Literary Character of Men of Genius, Chap. 12. In In Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1996), 270.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are preserved by quotations.
— Isaac D'Israeli
From Section, 'Quotation', Curiosities of Literature (1834), Vol. 1, 2nd Series, 53. This quotation appears in a printed primary source. It should not be confused with a spurious misquoted variant attributed to his son, Benjamin Disraeli, in which “preserved” is replaced with “perpetuated”.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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