Jules Verne — "Science, my lad, is composed of errors, but errors that it is good to commit, fo…"
Science, my lad, is composed of errors, but errors that it is good to commit, for they lead little by little to the truth.
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From 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' (1864), an endorsement of the scientific method.
Date: 1864
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