Nnothing tends more to the corruption of science than to suffer it to …

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Nnothing tends more to the corruption of science than to suffer it to stagnate. These waters must be troubled, before they can exert their virtues. ✨ On Taste, on the Sublime and Beautiful, Reflections on the French Revolution & a Letter to a Noble Lord.
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Nnothing tends more to the corruption of science than to suffer it to stagnate. These waters must be troubled, before they can exert their virtues. ✨ On Taste, on the Sublime and Beautiful, Reflections on the French Revolution & a Letter to a Noble Lord.

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