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Experimental work of great refinement is necessary in order to determine atomic weights. No relationships between them have yet been certainly found… — Theodore William Richards Copy Share Image
We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
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![“The simplest case, where one is informed that a cat is black because it is black, may be harmless, though irritating and useless; but the actual cases [in statements of evolutionary theory] are always harder to detect than this, and may darken counsel for a long time.” quote by Norman Macbeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e76/norman-macbeth-47158_black_the-simplest-case-where-one-is-informed_1618423.jpg)
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