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> [It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/it-is-neither-just-nor-human-so-to-grind-men-down-with-excessive/)

[Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/)

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> [Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-make-poor-observations/)

[Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/)

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> [Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-or-ideas-are-not-only/)

[Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/)

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