Every principal art has some science for its parent, though the person who mechanically performs the work does not always, and but very seldom, perceive the connection. (Thomas Paine)

Every principal art has some science for its parent, though the person who mechanically performs the work does not always, and but very seldom, perceive the connection.

Thomas Paine

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