The sciences, even the best,-mathematics and astronomy,-are like sport…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The sciences, even the best,-mathematics and astronomy,-are like sportsmen, who seize whatever prey offers, even without being able to make any use of it. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). The Portable Emerson: New Edition, p.229, Penguin
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