Ivan Pavlov quotes - page 2

The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices. (Ivan Pavlov)
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach. View quote
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Science demands from a man all his life. If you had two lives that would not be enough for you. Be passionate in your work and in your searching. View quote
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School yourself to demureness and patience. Learn to inure yourself to drudgery in science. Learn, compare, collect the facts. View quote
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Gradualness, gradualness, and gradualness. From the very beginning of your work, school yourself to severe gradualness in the accumulation of knowledge. View quote
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Our experiments not only proved the existence of a nervous apparatus in the above-mentioned glands, but also disclosed some facts clearly showing the participation of these nerves in normal activity. View quote
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Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena. View quote
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