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Quote by George Eliot
Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a char

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. – George Eliot

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His honest, patronizing pride in the good-will and respect of everybody about him was a safeguard even against foolish romance, still more against a lower kind of folly. – George Eliot

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Patronize, Patronizing
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George Eliot
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We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – George Eliot

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Curiosity
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George Eliot
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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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Rivers
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. – Carl Sagan

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I hope every woman out there who wants to be a mother and is suffering with infertility, will explore all the options and know that if you choose the science route, it is okay. – Cindy Margolis

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It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes. – Alva Myrdal

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If we reject science, we reject the common man. – Naguib Mahfouz

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