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As Soon As Science Has Emerged From Its Initial Stages, Theoretical Advances Are No Longer Achieved Merely By A Process Of Arrangement. Guided By Empirical Data, The Investigator Rather Develops A System Of Thought Which, In General, Is Built Up Logically From A Small Number Of Fundamental Assumptions, The So-called Axioms. We Call Such A System Of Thought A Theory. The Theory Finds The Justification For Its Existence In The Fact That It Correlates A Large Number Of Single Observations, And It Is Just Here That The 'truth' Of The Theory Lies.

During The Last Century, And Part Of The One Before, It Was Widely Held That There Was An Unreconcilable Conflict Between Knowledge And Belief.

Schools Need Not Preach Political Doctrine To Defend Democracy. If They Shape Men Capable Of Critical Thought And Trained In Social Attitudes, That Is All That Is Necessary.

The History Of Scientific And Technical Discovery Teaches Us That The Human Race Is Poor In Independent And Creative Imagination.

If I Had It [life] To Do All Over Again, I'd Have Been A Plumber.