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... reach the truth itself , but the steady application of the scientific spirit in all its forms will bring us nearer and nearer to it . The most valuable portion of our experience is not our scientific knowledge but our constant endeavor ...
... reach the truth itself , but the steady application of the scientific spirit in all its forms will bring us nearer and nearer to it . The most valuable portion of our experience is not our scientific knowledge but our constant endeavor ...
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... reach the aim but his knowledge is incomparably richer when he does reach it . None of these accidents influ- ences the final results ; the links and the chains are entirely independent of the capricious order of dis- covery . Now the ...
... reach the aim but his knowledge is incomparably richer when he does reach it . None of these accidents influ- ences the final results ; the links and the chains are entirely independent of the capricious order of dis- covery . Now the ...
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... reach , but which he may and should approach more and more closely . When this scientific objectivity is carried high enough it leads to a peculiar kind of disinterestedness which is far more fundamental than the disinterested- ness of ...
... reach , but which he may and should approach more and more closely . When this scientific objectivity is carried high enough it leads to a peculiar kind of disinterestedness which is far more fundamental than the disinterested- ness of ...
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