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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. – Plutarch

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The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other. – Talcott Parsons

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