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Top 25 William Whewell Quotes (2025 Update)

William Whewell Quote: “Every failure is a step to success.”

1. “Every failure is a step to success.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error.”

2. “Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error.”

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William Whewell Quote: “There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.”

3. “There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.”

4. “Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God.”

5. “Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.”

6. “Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.”

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William Whewell Quote: “The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences.”

7. “The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends.”

8. “Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends.”

— William Whewell

William Whewell Quote: “In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.”

9. “In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.”

— William Whewell

William Whewell Quote: “It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.”

10. “It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of mineral art are not the discovery of new substances, but of new and rich localities of old ones.”

11. “Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of mineral art are not the discovery of new substances, but of new and rich localities of old ones.”

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William Whewell Quote: “The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a succession of revolutions, is, in reality, a series of developements.”

12. “The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a succession of revolutions, is, in reality, a series of developements.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.”

13. “Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.”

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William Whewell Quote: “The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by which these possessions were acquired, and the documents by which they are secured to us and our heirs for ever.”

14. “The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by which these possessions were acquired, and the documents by which they are secured to us and our heirs for ever.”

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William Whewell Quote: “But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.”

15. “But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.”

— William Whewell

William Whewell Quote: “Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.”

16. “Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.”

17. “Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.”

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William Whewell Quote: “Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning.”

18. “Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning.”

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William Whewell Quote: “The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made mechanics analytical; I mean Euler.”

19. “The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made mechanics analytical; I mean Euler.”

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William Whewell Quote: “A man really and practically looking onwards to an immortal life, on whatever grounds, exhibits to us the human soul in an enobled attitude.”

20. “A man really and practically looking onwards to an immortal life, on whatever grounds, exhibits to us the human soul in an enobled attitude.”

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William Whewell Quote: “The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.”

21. “The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.”

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William Whewell Quote: “We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.”

22. “We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.”

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William Whewell Quote: “To discover the laws of operative power in material productions, whether formed by man or brought into being by Nature herself, is the work of a science, and is indeed what we more especially term Science.”

23. “To discover the laws of operative power in material productions, whether formed by man or brought into being by Nature herself, is the work of a science, and is indeed what we more especially term Science.”

— William Whewell

William Whewell Quote: “The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed.”

24. “The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed.”

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William Whewell Quote: “The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.”

25. “The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.”

— William Whewell

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