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The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous observations, misleading generalizations, inadequate formulation, and unconscious prejudice is rarely appreciated by those who obtain their scientific knowledge from textbooks.

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James Bryant Conant
Age: 84 †
Born: 1893
Born: March 26
Died: 1978
Died: February 11
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Boston
Massachusetts
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