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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

~Galileo Galilei

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I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters.

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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

~Galileo Galilei

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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.

~Galileo Galilei

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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations.

~Galileo Galilei

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Scientist

Born: February 15th, 1564

Died: January 8th, 1642

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