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... which gives its point to the story . In the same way human history is not truly significant un- less we can describe the progress of mankind along a certain direction . But is there any real progress 10 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
... which gives its point to the story . In the same way human history is not truly significant un- less we can describe the progress of mankind along a certain direction . But is there any real progress 10 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
Page 33
... direction , which is determined by our scientific efforts , is essentially stable . These two complementary ideas ... directions , and obliged us to turn around the goal in ever narrowing circles before we finally touched it or came ...
... direction , which is determined by our scientific efforts , is essentially stable . These two complementary ideas ... directions , and obliged us to turn around the goal in ever narrowing circles before we finally touched it or came ...
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... direction is clear enough but only if one considers a very long stretch of it from far off . Before being able to reconcile the love of truth with the love of man , the scientific spirit with the Golden Rule , mankind was obliged to ...
... direction is clear enough but only if one considers a very long stretch of it from far off . Before being able to reconcile the love of truth with the love of man , the scientific spirit with the Golden Rule , mankind was obliged to ...
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