In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining data. (James Clerk Maxwell)

In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining data.

James Clerk Maxwell

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