Everyone builds on other men's failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each man contributes to the sum of knowledge is what counts. (Daniel Keyes)

Everyone builds on other men's failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each man contributes to the sum of knowledge is what counts.

Daniel Keyes

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