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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 us from the East and we must be ready to welcome them . The men who assume a truculent attitude against the East and make the most extravagant claims for the Western civilization , are not likely to be scien- tists . Most of them ...
... reach us from the East and we must be ready to welcome them . The men who assume a truculent attitude against the East and make the most extravagant claims for the Western civilization , are not likely to be scien- tists . Most of them ...
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