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To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of…

Quote byWilliam Crookes · 1832–1919

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1898).

English (original)

To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism, is to bring reproach on science.

— William Crookes

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