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Frank Knight Quotes: ...even professors of economics, to say nothing of the public, do not generally have scientific minds.
         

...even professors of economics, to say nothing of the public, do not generally have scientific minds.


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There is no sense in making statements that will not continue to be true after they are made.



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The truth seems . . . to be that in the ultimate and essential problem the economic factor is relatively superficial and unimportant.



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All science is static in the sense that it describes the unchanging aspects of things.



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We have to adapt and overcome, that's all we can do.



It is true practically if not altogether without exception that the changes studied by any science tend to equilibrate or neutralize the forces which bring them about, and finally to come to rest.

It is true practically if not altogether without exception that the changes studied by any science tend to equilibrate or neutralize the forces which bring them about, and finally to come to rest.





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