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... observation of facts , and speculation upon the facts observed , ' or to use the language of Whewell , § we may say that to the forma- tion of science two things are requisite - facts and ideas ; observa- tion of things without , and an ...
... observations recorded in his zoological treatises do not proceed from himself , and that a large proportion of them are erroneous , still , he it is who first produced , so far at least as can be learnt , a compendious work on zoology ...
... observations are the result of his own investigation naturally suggests itself again here ; had Aristotle ever dissected a human body , he never would have asserted a proposition so manifestly false as that the back of the head is empty ...
... observations on human anatomy and physiology were derived in great measure from the writings of the illustrious ... observation of such a mass of recorded facts ? Does the evidence of the existence of much error and want of investigation ...
... observed . For a person might be in doubt with regard to some things that are found in the sea whether they are ... observe , which has been revived in modern times and de- fended with considerable ability : - C ' It is evident , ' he ...