...infusorial animalcules. It will be perceived that this doctrine is by no means identical with Abiogcnesit, with which it is often confounded. On this hypothesis,...eyes of philosophers, was played, almost immediately, ibr the benefit of Button and Needham. Once more, an Italian, the Abbe Spallanzani, a worthy successor...

...very possibly have allowed them to bias my judgment. Moreover, I have suffered what Huxley called that great tragedy of science — " the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." But I regard this as a proper and desirable ending, and am glad to have helped in the " happy dispatch,"...

...propounded before the birth of modem chemistry and of the modern optical arts, to be a most ingenious anil suggestive speculation. But the great tragedy of science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by on ugly fact — which is so constantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers, was played almost...

...infusorial animalcules. It will be perceived that this doctrine is by no means identical with AMogenesis, with which it is often confounded. On this hypothesis,...enacted under the eyes of philosophers, was played, a]most immediately, for the benefit of Buffon and Needham. Once more, an Italian, the Abbe Spallanzani,...

...still more irresistible force of ancient documents proved true. It was what Prof. Huxley has called " the great tragedy of science ; the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." A greater and more sudden blow never fell on the pride and self- sufficiency of man. Never was there...

...explaining many supposed cases of spontaneous generation. The history of the subject, indeed, showed " the great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a...constantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers," and recalled the warning " that it is one thing to refute a proposition, and another to prove the truth...

...explaining many supposed cases of spontaneous generation. The history of the subject, indeed, showed " the great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a...constantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers." and recalled the warning " that it is one thing to refute a proposition, and another to prove the truth...

...— when his leading idea has proved to be false. That disheartening event is what Huxley called the tragedy of science — "the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." The very soul of research, finally, is the highest degree of honesty. The investigator should see clearly...

...infusorial animalcules. It will be perceived that this doctrine is by no means identical with Abiogeneyis, with which it is often confounded. On this hypothesis,...beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact — which is so conetantly being enacted under the eyes of philosophers, was played, almost immediately, for the benefit...

...they sometimes perform more active functions. Frequently they are responsible for what Huxley called " The Great Tragedy of Science,"— the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. I fear the radiometer has been guilty of more than one tragedy of this kind. But the whirligig of time...