Quotes by William Whewell

"Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error."
— William Whewell
"And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight."
— William Whewell
"Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation."
— William Whewell
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William Whewell (/ˈhjuːəl/ HEW-əl; 24 May 1794 – 6 March 1866) was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poe...