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George Sarton. acute and yet very narrow ; he may be able to pene- trate mysteries veiled to all other men , and be in that respect of almost uncanny intelligence , and yet be very dull and dense in every other . Finally it must be ...
George Sarton. acute and yet very narrow ; he may be able to pene- trate mysteries veiled to all other men , and be in that respect of almost uncanny intelligence , and yet be very dull and dense in every other . Finally it must be ...
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... able to foresee and to anticipate the immediate consequences of certain events , and therein lies the secret of his material power . But he is not able to predict the future except within the very narrow sector controlled by his ...
... able to foresee and to anticipate the immediate consequences of certain events , and therein lies the secret of his material power . But he is not able to predict the future except within the very narrow sector controlled by his ...
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... able to predict eclipses . That early knowledge was not only abundant , but highly systematized . In the case of Egypt we are especially well informed because we have two early papyri , each of which might be called a treatise . The ...
... able to predict eclipses . That early knowledge was not only abundant , but highly systematized . In the case of Egypt we are especially well informed because we have two early papyri , each of which might be called a treatise . The ...
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