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“Every serious scientific worker is painfully conscious of this involuntary relegation to an ever-narrowing sphere of knowledge, which is threatening to deprive the investigator of his broad horizon and degrade him to the level of a mechanic.”
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“To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellect work, creative or receptive.”
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“That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; a backbone was all he needed.”
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“Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.”
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“Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty. The ordinary objects of human endeavour - property, outward success, luxury - have always seemed to me contemptible.”
― The World As I See It
― The World As I See It
Patrick’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Patrick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
292 books
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47 friends
137 books
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22 friends
1,436 books
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18 friends
581 books
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57 friends
383 books
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174 friends
42 books
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58 friends
28 books
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43 friends
627 books
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11 friends
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