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> [Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cecil-dampier/great-discoveries-are-made-accidentally-less-often-than-the-populace-2/)

[William Cecil Dampier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cecil-dampier/)

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## More by William Cecil Dampier

> [But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cecil-dampier/but-beyond-the-bright-searchlights-of-science-out-of-sight-of-the/)

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> [The fundamental concepts of physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our mind, so as to bring order to an apparent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cecil-dampier/the-fundamental-concepts-of-physical-science-it-is-now-understood-are/)

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> [Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cecil-dampier/great-discoveries-are-made-accidentally-less-often-than-the-populace-2/)

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> [If agricultural land be left uncultivated, in a few years the jungle returns, and signs are not lacking that a similar danger is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cecil-dampier/if-agricultural-land-be-left-uncultivated-in-a-few-years-the-jungle/)

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> [There seems no limit to research, for as been truly said, the more the sphere of knowledge grows, the larger becomes the surface of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cecil-dampier/there-seems-no-limit-to-research-for-as-been-truly-said-the-more-the/)

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> [It seemed as though the main framework had been put together once and for all, and that little remained to be done but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cecil-dampier/it-seemed-as-though-the-main-framework-had-been-put-together-once-and/)

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