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Particular Facts Are Never Scientific; Only Generalization Can Establish Science.

Even Mistaken Hypotheses And Theories Are Of Use In Leading To Discoveries. This Remark Is True In All The Sciences. The Alchemists Founded Chemistry By Pursuing Chimerical Problems And Theories Which Are False. In Physical Science, Which Is More Advanced Than Biology, We Might Still Cite Men Of Science Who Make Great Discoveries By Relying On False Theories.

A Fact In Itself Is Nothing. It Is Valuable Only For The Idea Attached To It, Or For The Proof Which It Furnishes.

Descriptive Anatomy Is To Physiology What Geography Is To History, And Just As It Is Not Enough To Know The Typography Of A Country To Understand Its History, So Also It Is Not Enough To Know The Anatomy Of Organs To Understand Their Functions.

A Discovery Is Generally An Unforeseen Relation Not Included In Theory.