 | James Campbell - 1999 - 322 sider
...been made public, they must fend for themselves. "I have never entered into any Controversy in defence of my philosophical Opinions; I leave them to take their Chance in the World," he writes. "If they are right, Truth and Experience will support them. If wrong, they ought to be refuted... | |
 | Len Fisher - 2004 - 278 sider
...This prompted Franklin to write to him and say, "I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the World." 83 Michael Faraday . . . conceived the idea that all electrical charges produce an electric "field"... | |
 | Joyce E. Chaplin - 2006 - 440 sider
...least Profit by any of them." Moreover, he said, "I have never entered into any Controversy in defence of my philosophical Opinions; I leave them to take their Chance in the World."60 George III next ordered — at least, the French whispered he did — blunt rods installed... | |
 | Joyce Chaplin - 2007 - 434 sider
...least Profit by any of them." Moreover, he said, "I have never entered into any Controversy in defence of my philosophical Opinions; I leave them to take their Chance in the World." 60 George III next ordered—at least, the French whispered he did— blunt rods installed atop the... | |
 | 1907 - 460 sider
...Franklin wrote the following admirable words: " I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions. I leave them to take...; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. The King's changing his pointed conductors for blunt ones is, therefore, a matter of small importance... | |
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I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them ; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. 
