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One original thought is worth the sum total of human knowledge, because it advances the sum total of human knowledge by that one original thought.

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Jacob Bronowski
Age: 66 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 18
Died: 1974
Died: August 22
Biologist
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Mathematician
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