Professors in every branch of the sciences, prefer their own theories …

Charles Caleb Colton
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Professors in every branch of the sciences, prefer their own theories to truth: the reason is that their theories are private property, but truth is common stock. ✨ Lacon: or many things in a few words (p. 189)
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