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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius) Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out. - Robert Herrick, Hesperides--Seeke and Finde Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. - Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), Meditations (ch. II) We must never stop investigating. . . . Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species. - Desmond Morris Our investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to knowledge. - Will Rogers Hail, fellow, well met, All dirty and wet: Find out, if you can, Who's master, who's man. - Jonathan Swift, My Lady's Lamentation It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. - Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (ch. 1)
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