“My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right.”
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Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
