Thomas George Bonney Quotes:
Ocupation: Geologist
Life: July 27, 1833 - December 10, 1923
Birthday: July 27
Death: December 10
[Modern science] passed through a long period of uncertainty and inconclusive experiment, but as the instrumental aids to research improved, and the results of observation accumulated, phantoms of the imagination were exorcised, idols of the cave were shattered, trustworthy materials were obtained for logical treatment, and hypotheses by long and careful trial were converted into theories.
source: Thomas George Bonney (1913). “The Present Relations of Science and Religion”
topic: Idols, Imagination, Long
