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... scientists were ever tempted to believe in it wholeheartedly ; but the fiercer believers in mechanism are often tempted to believe that there was a vitalist hiding under the bed of many of their quite respectable , but less doctrinaire ...
... scientists were ever tempted to believe in it wholeheartedly ; but the fiercer believers in mechanism are often tempted to believe that there was a vitalist hiding under the bed of many of their quite respectable , but less doctrinaire ...
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... scientists have tried to give that impression . Again , I would argue that it is incorrect of the anti - scientists to attribute the present ills of the world to science as such . They arise much more from the misapplication of science ...
... scientists have tried to give that impression . Again , I would argue that it is incorrect of the anti - scientists to attribute the present ills of the world to science as such . They arise much more from the misapplication of science ...
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... scientists are as diverse a bunch as those who might be called writers , who range all the way from advertisement copywriters , journalists , pornographers , pop magazine or sci - fi fictioneers , to serious critics , essayists ...
... scientists are as diverse a bunch as those who might be called writers , who range all the way from advertisement copywriters , journalists , pornographers , pop magazine or sci - fi fictioneers , to serious critics , essayists ...
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