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There Is Nothing So Tragic As A Beautiful Theory Destroyed By An Ugly Fact. -- Sherlock Holme
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There is nothing so tragic as a beautiful theory destroyed
by an ugly fact.
-- Sherlock Holmes
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The great tragedy of science, the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact.
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