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> [“The history of science may be described as the history of the attempts, and the failures, of men "to see things as they are." "Nothing is harder," said the Latin poet Lucretius, "than to separate manifest facts from doubtful, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-m-pattison-muir/the-history-of-science-may-be-described-as-the-history-of-the/)

M.M. Pattison Muir

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## More by M.M. Pattison Muir

> [“The history of science may be described as the history of the attempts, and the failures, of men "to see things as they are."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-m-pattison-muir/the-history-of-science-may-be-described-as-the-history-of-the/)

M.M. Pattison Muir

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