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The part played by deduction in science is greater than Bacon supposed. Often, when a hypothesis has to be tested, there is a long deductive journey from the hypothesis to some consequence that can be tested by observation. Usually the deduction is mathematical, and in this respect Bacon underestimated the importance of mathematics in scientific in

“We decided that money was anything which always could be swapped for goods and services. That implies that the person who accepts it believes that he can do likewise. Therefore money is money as long as everybody believes it is money. There is a touchstone which will enable you to determine whether or not people will believe in money: Can you use

Liberty has produced scepticism, and scepticism has destroyed liberty.

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The American Republic is the last mediaeval monarchy. It is intended that the President shall rule, and take all the risks of ruling. If the hair is cut he is the haircutter, the magistrate that bears not the razor in vain. All the popular Presidents, Jackson and Lincoln and Roosevelt, have acted as democratic despots, but emphatically not as const

Brooke is a very good fellow, but pulpy; he will run into any mould, but he won’t keep shape.’

Livarot is not a modest cheese. It announces itself to the nose long before it is anywhere near your mouth, with a piercing, almost astringent aroma. It is dense, chewy, elastic, creamy, brimming with fat (45 percent) and altogether delicious—about as far away as it’s possible to get from those bland, overprocessed dollops that call themselves cott