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Quote by John Burroughs
Science has done more for the development of western civilization

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs

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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another. – John Burroughs

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Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise. – Ivan Pavlov

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