"La science, mon garçon, est faite d’erreurs, mais d’erreurs qu’il est bon de commettre, car elles mènent peu à peu à la vérité."
— Jules Verne

January 1, 1970

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Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth. — Ch. XXXI: Preparations for a voyage of discovery