Science Gives Us A Powerful Vocabulary, And It Is Impossible To Produce A Vocabulary With Which One Can Only Say Nice Things. - SearchQuotes

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Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

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