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... reason- ing is not required , or does it mean that a fly can reason ? It is often said that choice is a matter of taste , so I decided to apply the old saw literally . My opportunity arrived one June in the personage of a prospective ...
... reason- ing is not required , or does it mean that a fly can reason ? It is often said that choice is a matter of taste , so I decided to apply the old saw literally . My opportunity arrived one June in the personage of a prospective ...
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... reason why fluids injected into the blood of a human being must have precisely the correct concentration of salt or sugar . For some reason not yet clearly understood , the fly is not bothered by these problems . I hasten to add ...
... reason why fluids injected into the blood of a human being must have precisely the correct concentration of salt or sugar . For some reason not yet clearly understood , the fly is not bothered by these problems . I hasten to add ...
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... reasons for being a scientist ? I think not . The real reason I believe is more lofty and more subtle . In this I do not mean the heroics of wanting to banish pain and misery or to advance technology . Arrow- smith was really a ...
... reasons for being a scientist ? I think not . The real reason I believe is more lofty and more subtle . In this I do not mean the heroics of wanting to banish pain and misery or to advance technology . Arrow- smith was really a ...
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