Mathematical Analysis Is... The True Rational Basis

Religion Is An Illusion Of Childhood, Outgrown Under Proper Education.

Mathematical Analysis Is... The True Rational Basis Of The Whole System Of Our Positive Knowledge.

Monotheism Occupies So Large A Space In The View Of Modern Minds, That It Is Scarcely Possible To Form A Just Estimate Of The Preceding Phases Of The Theological Philosophy.

To Understand A Science It Is Necessary To Know Its History.

Every Attempt To Employ Mathematical Methods In The Study Of Chemical Questions Must Be Considered Profoundly Irrational And Contrary To The Spirit Of Chemistry.... If Mathematical Analysis Should Ever Hold A Prominent Place In Chemistry -- An Aberration Which Is Happily Almost Impossible -- It Would Occasion A Rapid And Widespread Degeneration Of That Science.