We have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse fre…

John Steinbeck
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We have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse freely and interestingly with a child. Can it be that haters of clarity have nothing to say, have observed nothing, have no clear picture of even their own fields? ✨ John Steinbeck (1995). The Log from the Sea of Cortez, p.80, Penguin
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