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...front Graham Russell from Scotland and Jack Butterfield, a Canadian, provide power and experience, and with the remainder of the team all showing eagerness and ability, it can look ahead to its next six games with confidence...
Speaking before an overflow crowd of 600, Butterfield criticized the modern tendency to credit the Renaissance with the origin of the modern world. "We have attributed to the Renaissance some of the things which only appeared in the seventeenth century," Butterfield maintained, "and several of the characteristics which were thought to be original with the Enlightenment actualy have their roots in the period from...
Delivering the first Horblit Lecture on the History of Science, Butterfield emphasized the importance of the field...
Absorbing the method of science requires learning some of the substance: "I don't know how you can get the method without experience in the experimental side of science." Butterfield admitted, though, that most basic experiments are merely repetitions of classical demonstrations...
Discussing the role of science in history, Butterfield averred that there were definite repercussions but they were hard to isolate and define. Individual scientific achievements are a causative factor in the development of society: "Something creative can be attributed to Newton, but I'm in reaction against the view that a few great men make the history of science. Each individual is a fresh influence on the world...