Excerpt from Fertilisers and Manures

The object, then, of the scientific man should be to lay down principles which the practical man in his turn must learn to apply to his own conditions, success is only possible when he too does some thinking. Furthermore, the object of experiments should be to provide knowledge that can be thus applied to other conditions, and an experiment is practical just in so far as it carries out its avowed object, which is to lead men into a sound and fruitful way of thinking on the question at issue.

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