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“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.”

 Denis Diderot quotes (French man of letters and philosopher, 1713-1784)

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