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We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led to the way t

We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led to the way to this New World as the most epoch-making event of all that have occurred since the birth of Christ. – John Fiske

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We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science – revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence. – John Fiske

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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust

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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. – John Dewey, The Quest for Certainty, 1929

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If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. – Arthur Goldberg

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