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Accomplishment Quote by Max Weber

“Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully…” quote by Max Weber — Download Open image

“Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized act.”

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