The great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic dou…

Claude Bernard
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The great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic doubt which leaves to the mind its freedom and initiative, and from which the virtues most valuable to investigators in physiology and medicine are derived. ✨ Claude Bernard Experimental Medicine, Transaction Publishers
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