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In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose.

— François Arago Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men (1859)

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Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives, it seizes relations where vulgar eyes see only isolated facts.

Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men (1859)

On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to astronomical discoveries of the highest importance.

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The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the statesman.

Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men (1859)

I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done.

Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men (1859)

The lapse of ages has not rendered us wiser in this respect. In our own time the public delight in blending fable with history.

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