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We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order.

~Asa Gray

Topics: Accepted Beliefs Books Considerations Different Down Duty Ground Handed Idea Inference Instruction Knowledge May Mosaic Observation Order Our Scientific Scientific Knowledge Take Us Were

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Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: November 18th, 1810

Died: January 30th, 1888

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