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The purely abstract theorist runs the risk that, as with modern decor, the furniture of the mind will be sparse, bare, and uncomfortable.
Robert K. Merton
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Robert K. Merton
Age: 92 †
Born: 1910
Born: July 4
Died: 2003
Died: February 23
Sociologist
Sociologist Of Science
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Robert King Merton
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