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... ment , which would be so to say a " liaison " depart- ment between all the others . One of the chief defects of the present system of college education is its frag- mentariness . This seems an unavoidable consequence of scientific ...
... ment , which would be so to say a " liaison " depart- ment between all the others . One of the chief defects of the present system of college education is its frag- mentariness . This seems an unavoidable consequence of scientific ...
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... ment foreign to it . Science must be humanized , which means among other things that it must not be permitted to go on a rampage . It must be an integral part of our culture and must remain a part of it sub- servient to the rest . The ...
... ment foreign to it . Science must be humanized , which means among other things that it must not be permitted to go on a rampage . It must be an integral part of our culture and must remain a part of it sub- servient to the rest . The ...
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... of forgetfulness and abandon- ment of self . Every scientist ( as every artist or saint ) who is sufficiently absorbed in his task reaches sooner - or later that stage of ecstasy ( unfortunately imper- 188 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
... of forgetfulness and abandon- ment of self . Every scientist ( as every artist or saint ) who is sufficiently absorbed in his task reaches sooner - or later that stage of ecstasy ( unfortunately imper- 188 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
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