Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

科学比教条严格得多。教条给错误一个宪章,但科学的气息本身就是与错误的较量,必须保持良知的活力。

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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

科学的目的不是为无限的智慧打开大门,而是为无限的错误设限。

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.

没有教条说风琴或风琴可以在教堂里使用,但鼓不行。

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

历史是研究不会重复的事物的科学。