The history of science should not be an instrument to defend any kind of social or philosophic theory; … - George Sarton

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The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.

George Sarton

The history of science should not be an instrument to defend any kind of social or philosophic theory; it should be used only for its own purpose, to illustrate impartially the working of reason against unreason, the gradual unfolding of truth, in all its forms, whether pleasant or unpleasant, useful of useless, welcome or unwelcome.

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