"We must understand that the fact of error, demonstrated in subsequent work, does not suggest that ethical lapses are responsible. It is more likely that the source of error is, as the advertisement says, a reflection of the fact that "its dangerous to trifle with Mother Nature."
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"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
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