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• Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb.
  Necessity is the mother of futile dodges" is much nearer the truth. -- Alfred North Whitehead...
• Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. -- Alfred North Whitehead
• In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defea
  but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory....
• Modern science has imposed on humanity the necessity for wandering. -- Alfred North Whitehead
• We think in generalities, we live in detail. -- Alfred North Whitehead
• Without adventure civilization is in full decay. -- Alfred North Whitehead
• Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking.
  -- Alfred North Whitehead...
• Education with inert ideas is not only useless; it is above all things harmful.
  -- Alfred North Whitehead...