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... feeling is strengthened by the contemplation of two correlative ideas : the unity of science and the unity of mankind . Science is a mirror of nature ; nature being con- gruent , we must expect science to be . Some constants of nature ...
... feeling is strengthened by the contemplation of two correlative ideas : the unity of science and the unity of mankind . Science is a mirror of nature ; nature being con- gruent , we must expect science to be . Some constants of nature ...
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... feeling that the scientist is the great trouble maker and joy killer . Is he not always urging them to advance , when they would prefer to rest , and to take additional pains when they would say : Let well enough alone ? Moreover knowl ...
... feeling that the scientist is the great trouble maker and joy killer . Is he not always urging them to advance , when they would prefer to rest , and to take additional pains when they would say : Let well enough alone ? Moreover knowl ...
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... feeling that if that spirit had kept its valor for a few more centuries , human progress would have been considerably accelerated and the course of civilization would have been very different . What befell it ? It is impossible to ...
... feeling that if that spirit had kept its valor for a few more centuries , human progress would have been considerably accelerated and the course of civilization would have been very different . What befell it ? It is impossible to ...
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