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Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.

— Albertus Magnus to Albertus Magnus in: Albertus Magnus; cited in: Morris Bishop (1968)

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This dumb ox will fill the world with his bellowing.

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