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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician
“Aequanimitas,” Valedictory Address, U. of Pennsylvania (1 May 1889)
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The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician
Montreal Medical Journal (1902)

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