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... discoveries have created new power and wealth beyond the wildest fancies of the Arabian Nights , the greatest number ... discovery of truth . How very precious this dis- covery must be in his eyes if the unlimited might and wealth which ...
... discoveries have created new power and wealth beyond the wildest fancies of the Arabian Nights , the greatest number ... discovery of truth . How very precious this dis- covery must be in his eyes if the unlimited might and wealth which ...
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... discoveries were - generally made by single men , and often by unex- pected men in unexpected places . It is not possible to explain why a discovery was made by this man rather than by another , in Denmark rather than Italy , and ...
... discoveries were - generally made by single men , and often by unex- pected men in unexpected places . It is not possible to explain why a discovery was made by this man rather than by another , in Denmark rather than Italy , and ...
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... discoveries and of their infinite impli- cations . Without articulate language man remained an animal . Without writing , the safe transmission and preservation of knowledge were impossible . Progress implies safe keeping of what we ...
... discoveries and of their infinite impli- cations . Without articulate language man remained an animal . Without writing , the safe transmission and preservation of knowledge were impossible . Progress implies safe keeping of what we ...
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