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George Sarton quotes: From the humanistic point of view every human achievement is unforgettable and immortal in its essence, even if it is replaced by a "better" one.

From the humanistic point of view every human achievement is unforgettable and immortal in its essence, even if it is replaced by a "better" one.

George Sarton quotes: A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in time and space.

A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in time and space.

George Sarton quotes: I am obliged to deal with hundreds of men and to make them live without killing the reader.

I am obliged to deal with hundreds of men and to make them live without killing the reader.

George Sarton quotes: My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older.

My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older.

George Sarton quotes: The whole past and the whole world are alive in my heart, and I shall do my part to communicate their presence to my readers.

The whole past and the whole world are alive in my heart, and I shall do my part to communicate their presence to my readers.

George Sarton quotes: Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility.

Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility.

George Sarton quotes: The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.

The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.

George Sarton quotes: The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance.

The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance.

George Sarton quotes: Science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

Science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

George Sarton quotes: The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation.

The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation.

George Sarton quotes: There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

George Sarton quotes: Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.

Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.