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Sir William Osler
(12 Jul 1849 - 29 Dec 1919)
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Sir William Osler Quotes on Experiment (4 quotes)
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Seeing and thinking have done much for human progress; in the sphere of mind and morals everything, and could the world have been saved by armchair philosophy, the Greeks would have done it; but only a novum organon could do this, the powerful possibilities of which were only revealed when man began to search our the secrets of nature by way of experiment, to use the words of Harvey.
— Sir William Osler
That man can interrogate as well as observe nature was a lesson slowly learned in his evolution. Of the two methods by which he can do this, the mathematical and the experimental, both have been equally fruitful—by the one he has gauged the starry heights and harnessed the cosmic forces to his will; by the other he has solved many of the problems of life and lightened many of the burdens of humanity.
— Sir William Osler
The ancients thought as clearly as we do, had greater skills in the arts and in architecture, but they had never learned the use of the great instrument which has given man control over nature—experiment.
— Sir William Osler
To each of us life is an experiment in Nature’s laboratory, and she tests and tries us in a thousand ways, using us and improving us if we serve her turn, ruthlessly dispensing with us if we do not.
— Sir William Osler
See also:
- 12 Jul - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Osler's birth.
- Sir William Osler - Excerpt from 'Books And Men' address (12 Jan 1901)
- William Osler - context of quote “Two sorts of doctors” - Medium image (500 x 250 px)
- William Osler - context of quote “Two sorts of doctors” - Large image (800 x 400 px)
- William Osler: A Life in Medicine, by Michael Bliss. - book suggestion.