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is great, if it is a fact whose appearance in science gives rise to shining ideas, whose light dispels many obscurities and shows us new paths.

A great discovery is a fact whose appearance in science gives rise to shining ideas, whose light dispels many obscurities and shows us new paths.

is, in itself, nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

is a place which, when entered one should put off one's imagination as one puts off one's overcoat. But it should be put on again as one puts on one's overcoat upon leaving.

Laboratory Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. But put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.

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Claude Bernardi