So we must pursue our studies as far as we are able and learn from the experiences of the people who came before us. Otherwise, all their labor will have been in vain. And since they worked so hard, it would be a mistake not to apply our efforts to problems that they didn’t manage to solve. It’s only through that work, which builds on all that came before, that a discovery can be considered to belong to the human race. And what’s more, it’s only those discoveries that we can call great. For this reason alone, I think you will understand the need to study without any preaching from me. If you
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