"There is no steady unretracing progress in this life;"
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"Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe."
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"Science! Curse thee, thou vain toy..."
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"Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe."
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"Science! Curse thee, thou vain toy..."
-Herman Melville, Moby Dick.