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This method of deduction... is often called "combinatory". Its usefulness is not exhausted at this stage, but it does even at the outset lead to some valuable conclusions.

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It is this quality, the power of seeing order in apparent confusion, that has marked the work of all great men.

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It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his enemy; for if he reiterates it frequently enough and makes it the background of his conduct he is bound eventually to be right.
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John Chadwick

John Chadwick

Born: May 21, 1920
Died: November 24, 1998 (aged 78)
Bio: John Chadwick, FBA was an English linguist and classical scholar who, with Michael Ventris, was most notable for the decipherment of Linear B.
Known for:
  1. The decipherment of linear B (1958)
  2. The Mycenaean World (1976)
  3. Linear B and related scripts (1987)

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