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His true monument lies not on the shelves of libraries, but in the thoughts of men, and in the history of more than one science.

— Josiah Willard Gibbs

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One of the principal objects of theoretical research is to find the point of view from which the subject appears in the greatest simplicity.

One of the principal objects of research in my department of knowledge is to find the point of view from which the subject appears in the greatest simplicity.

We avoid the gravest difficulties when, giving up the attempt to frame hypotheses concerning the constitution of matter, we pursue statistical inquiries as a branch of rational mechanics.

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