Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and un…

Thomas Paine
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Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. ✨ 1794 TheAge of Reason, pt.1.
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