"But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of Why and of Whence."
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The Recent Development of Physical Science (London: John Murray, 1904) introduction, p. 10. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) p. 692
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William Cecil Dampier
Sir William Cecil Dampier FRS (born William Cecil Dampier Whetham; 27 December 1867 – 11 December 1952) was a British scientist, agriculturist, and science historian who developed a method of extracting lactose (milk sugar) from whey.
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