Stem/science

Famous quotes containing the words stem and/or science:

    “Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.”
    —Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

    “The science of Humboldt is one thing, poetry is another thing. The poet to-day, notwithstanding all the discoveries of science, and the accumulated learning of mankind, enjoys no advantage over Homer.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)