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The world today is made, it is powered by science and for any man to abdicate an interest in science is to walk with open eyes towards slavery.

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Jacob Bronowski
Age: 66 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 18
Died: 1974
Died: August 22
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The child is not a prisoner of its inheritance it holds its inheritance as a new creation which its future actions will unfold.
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