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Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes: Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. Sometimes it is one foot which is put forward first, sometimes the other, but continuous progress is only made by the use of both.
         

Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. Sometimes it is one foot which is put forward first, sometimes the other, but continuous progress is only made by the use of both.


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The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do.



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I consider an intimate knowledge of the Bible an indispensable quality of a well educated man.



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Interest and attention will insure to you an education.



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Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.





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