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Arthur Handly Marks
(28 Mar 1864 - 7 Sep 1892)
who was was the son of a governor of Tennessee (Albert Smith Marks). He won an award in writing, and a prize in oratory while studying at university. In his early career, for three years he had a position in the consular service, spending some time in London, and in Berlin. In 1888, he married and returned to his family’s estate, but died of typhoid fever at the young age of 28.
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Science Quotes by Arthur Handly Marks (2 quotes)
Common sense … is to the judgment what genius is to the understanding.
— Arthur Handly Marks
In Igerne and Other Writings of Arthur Handly Marks (1897), 349.
Genius is the whistle of the locomotive, which with steaming shrieks indicates its progress, but common sense is the driving-wheel which moves the train.
— Arthur Handly Marks
In Igerne and Other Writings of Arthur Handly Marks (1897), 348.
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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