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It is not the neutrality of the judge that makes justice, but his passionate will to do right. And the same is true of the scientist: it is not his indifference to truth but his passionate love of it that makes him a scientist.
— Jacob Bronowski, Science and Human Values (1956)

6d ago

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for, if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.

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The facts of observation stand like an iron wall against which the most ardent desire for belief dashes itself in vain.

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