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Quote by Charles Darwin
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for t

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. – Charles Darwin

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. – Charles Darwin

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To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. – Charles Darwin

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Science is not a game in which arbitrary rules are used to decide what explanations are to be permitted. – Michael Behe

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