Re: [Vo]:Thought for the day from Francis Bacon

2010-10-08 Thread Terry Blanton
Hence science progresses by funerals. :-) T On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:  The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down, (either from general admission and belief, or from the pleasure it affords,) forces every thing else

[Vo]:Thought for the day from Francis Bacon

2010-10-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down, (either from general admission and belief, or from the pleasure it affords,) forces every thing else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent and abundant instances may exist to the contrary, yet