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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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. – George Eliot

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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. – George Eliot

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Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science. – Karl Marx

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