Knowledge of Nature is an account at bank, where each dividend is added to the principal and the … - Grove Karl Gilbert

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Grove Karl Gilbert

Knowledge of Nature is an account at bank, where each dividend is added to the principal and the interest is ever compounded; and hence it is that human progress, founded on natural knowledge, advances with ever increasing speed.

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