The Rule of the Plan is to let nothing be wilfully left unexamined. Nothing is to be holy ground consecrated to Stationary Faith, whether positive or negative.
James Clerk Maxwell
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Letter to Lewis Campbell, March 7, 1852, in The Life of James Clerk Maxwell, Lewis Campbell and William Garnett (1882), p. 178; Two consecutive complete sentences. Full letter and preceding recipient heading read; title-page edition checked. His plan of intellectual examination is explicitly grounde
- Letter to Lewis Campbell, March 7, 1852, in The Life of James Clerk Maxwell, Lewis Campbell and William Garnett (1882), p. 178
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