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"Guided as he was by a rigid intellectual honesty, that one faculty which makes the scientist differ from any other calling,..."

I laughed out loud. And then I spent ages trying to decide whether they were serious or deliberately ironic. I've worked with scientists for decades, and sure there are plenty who are intellectually honest. But they're just as likely to be venal as the rest of humanity!