 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 Seiten
...the technological breakthroughs that were being made, Franklin writes at least half-seriously in 1783 "I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since...cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known 100 years hence" (W9:74-75).104 This Pragmatic view that the discoveries of natural philosophy must... | |
 | United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) - 1999 - 1238 Seiten
...and discoveries made of which we at present have no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was bom so soon since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known in years hence." I have been so struck by the contrast between Ben Franklin's vision and the depiction... | |
 | Ahmed H. Zewail - 2003 - 360 Seiten
...progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we at present have no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon since...cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known in years hence. Scientists have a feeling when they make a significant contribution. This feeling is... | |
 | Joyce E. Chaplin - 2006 - 440 Seiten
...he had witnessed would continue, if not accelerate. In a 1783 letter to Joseph Banks, he confessed, "I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since...cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known 100 years hence." Five years later, Franklin told the Reverend John Lathrop of his faith in "the growing... | |
 | Richard Tarnas - 2006 - 604 Seiten
...progress of human knowledge will he rapid, and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will he known a hundred years hence. I wish continued success to the labours of the Royal Society, and that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 588 Seiten
...of human knowledge will be rapid, and discoveries made, of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since...hundred years hence. I wish continued success to the labors of the Royal Society, and that you may long adorn their chair; being, with the highest esteem,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 480 Seiten
...of human knowledge will be rapid, and discoveries made, of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since...hundred years hence. I wish continued success to the labors of the Royal Society, and that you may long adorn their chair; being, with the highest esteem,... | |
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Furnished as all Europe now is with academies of science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid, and discoveries made, of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I... 
