It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we dis…

Henri Poincare
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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. ✨ Atlas of the Poetic Continent: Pathways in Ecological Citizenship. Book by Shelley Sacks, Wolfgang Zumdick, p. 60, 2013.
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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. ✨ Atlas of the Poetic Continent: Pathways in Ecological Citizenship. Book by Shelley Sacks, Wolfgang Zumdick, p. 60, 2013.

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