Section 2 “Arsenal Port”, Chapter III (p. 90)
The Star Fox (1965)
“As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known.”
Introduction.
De Generatione Animalium (1651)
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Paraphrased variants:
Wherever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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