Laws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition. Rudolf Virchow More Quotes by Rudolf Virchow More Quotes From Rudolf Virchow No doubt science cannot admit of compromises, and can only bring out the complete truth. Hence there must be controversy, and the strife may be, and sometimes must be, sharp. But must it even then be personal? Does it help science to attack the man as well as the statement? On the contrary, has not science the noble privilege of carrying on its controversies without personal quarrels? Rudolf Virchow doubtmenscience The task of science, therefore, is not to attack the objects of faith, but to establish the limits beyond which knowledge cannot go and found a unified self-consciousness within these limits. Rudolf Virchow selfscienceknowledge The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them. Rudolf Virchow limitsscienceknowledge If we would serve science, we must extend her limits, not only as far as our own knowledge is concerned, but in the estimation of others. Rudolf Virchow limitsscienceknowledge As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism. Rudolf Virchow spiritualismgatewayslong Life itself is but the expression of a sum of phenomena, each of which follows the ordinary physical and chemical laws. Rudolf Virchow expressionlifescience Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones. Rudolf Virchow quacksreplacedphysicians Belief has no place as far as science reaches, and may be first permitted to take root where science stops. Rudolf Virchow rootsmayscience Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive. Rudolf Virchow science-and-religiontermbelief Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children. Rudolf Virchow marriagemadechildren
