"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."
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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
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"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."
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