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George Sarton. dualism man vs. nature . Can anything be more interesting to man than man ? But there is no such thing as a ... man's brain ; but one can as well say that we are always studying nature , for we cannot see man without it ...
George Sarton. dualism man vs. nature . Can anything be more interesting to man than man ? But there is no such thing as a ... man's brain ; but one can as well say that we are always studying nature , for we cannot see man without it ...
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... Man may have the same little passions but his intellectual atmosphere must be altogether different in the puny world limited by the ninth orb and in the awful immensities unveiled by modern astronomers . But , however large man's ...
... Man may have the same little passions but his intellectual atmosphere must be altogether different in the puny world limited by the ninth orb and in the awful immensities unveiled by modern astronomers . But , however large man's ...
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... man of science needs if anything more historical knowledge than another man , not less . The progressive outlook should always be com- bined and tempered with reverence . It is man's des- tiny to go forward , and to try to stop him on ...
... man of science needs if anything more historical knowledge than another man , not less . The progressive outlook should always be com- bined and tempered with reverence . It is man's des- tiny to go forward , and to try to stop him on ...
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