"The Scientific Basis of National Progress, Including that of Morality" by George Gore. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Gore George. The Scientific Basis of National Progress, Including that of Morality
The Scientific Basis of National Progress, Including that of Morality
Table of Contents
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The Scientific Basis of National Progress
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PREFACE
CHAPTER I
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The Scientific Basis of Material Progress
CHAPTER II
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The Scientific Basis of Mental and Moral Progress.[12]
CHAPTER III
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New Truth, and its General Relation to Human Progress
CHAPTER IV
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The Promotion of Scientific Research
Notes
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George Gore
Published by Good Press, 2019
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A singular contract relating to geographical research was made in the fifteenth century, between King Alphonso, of Portugal, and Ferdinand Gomez, of Lisbon, by which the latter engaged to navigate a ship and explore the coast of Africa, and to discover not less than three hundred miles of coast every year, the measurement to be made from Sierra Leone.
Scientific discovery has in all ages been a most powerful agent of civilization and human progress. The discovery of the black liquid which a solution of nutgalls produces when mixed with green vitriol, led to the invention of writing ink; and a knowledge of the properties of ink and paper prepared the way for the invention of printing, by means of which truth and learning have spread all over the earth.
