It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the sc…

Charles Sanders Peirce
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It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). Collected Papers, p.20, Harvard University Press
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It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). Collected Papers, p.20, Harvard University Press

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