What would be the point for an author to make a discovery if others did not come to fertilise it, modify it if necessary and most importantly, to propagate it?
Category: Knowledge
TO MR. PAILLOTET – 5
Sometimes, the most successful is what we counted the least upon.
TO MR. PAILLOTET – 2
I am but a pioneer, starting with very imperfect instruments.
TO MR. PAILLOTET – 1
It is as if Arago attempted to show the harmony of planetary movements to people who had no clue about numeracy.
LETTERS TO MR. DOMENGER – 16
Indeed my dear, you can see in what sort of illusion we are living in France, when we believe to be at the pinacle of intellectual civilisation.
LETTERS TO MR. HORACE SAY – 6
Mr. Clément seems to think that it would be lacking respect to our masters if we delved into problems that they barely touched upon.
LETTERS TO MR. HORACE SAY – 5
Speculation would have moved both extremes closer to an average.
LETTERS TO MR. HORACE SAY – 2
Our country truly needs to receive teaching in economics.
LETTER TO MR. PAULTON
All those to whom I gave it keep expressing their surprise towards the serious facts that are revealed in it.
LETTER TO MR. ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE
Some accidental dissent does not prevent me to be the most sincere and passionate admirer of yours.
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
Laissez-faire is hereby applicable to honest behaviour because the State has been instituted to hinder dishonesty.
ABOUT THE CEREALS’ EXPORTS PROHIBITION
Public opinion is what creates the law; public opinion needs to be enlightened.
THE SLIDING SCALE
Speculation would have started its wonders as soon as the first symptoms of insufficient harvest had appeared.
ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF THE PROTECTIONIST REGIME ON THE SITUATION OF AGRICULTURE IN FRANCE
Is artificial direction transmitted to capital and labour better than natural direction?
LETTER TO MR. DE FONTENAY
Economic horizons do not have limits – catching sight of new ones is my felicity, whether I am the one who discovered them or be there somebody else to show them to me.
LETTER TO MR. ALCIDE FONTEYRAUD
To learn and to share, such must be your motto, such is your destiny.