Sir William Hamilton

"Analysis and synthesis, though commonly treated as two different methods, are, if properly understood, only the two necessary parts of the same method. Each is the relative and correlative of the othe…"

"The primary principle of education is the determination of the pupil to self-activity — the doing nothing for him which he is able to do for himself."

"However arid and uninviting the prospect of a History of Medicine may appear at a distance, it will be found gradually to improve, and become full of interest wonder and animation as we proceed. ...Th…"

"The discovery of the art of Printing unbarred afresh the gates of Heaven, and let in that flood of light, of knowledge, and of wisdom, which enabled men to emancipate themselves again from the slavery…"

"Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shook, it shines."