"The stumbling way in which even the ablest……" — James Bryant Conant

"The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous observations, misleading generalizations, inadequate formulation, and unconscious prejudice is rarely appreciated by those who obtain their scientific knowledge from textbooks."

— James Bryant Conant

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Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss… — Charles Spurgeon
All share in the government of the world was denied for centuries to perhaps the ablest, certainly the most tenacious… — James Russell Lowell
The finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is… — Jean de la Bruyere
The ablest lawyers are always associated with the biggest fees. — Clarence Darrow
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