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When order is achieved among human beings by allowing them to interact with each other on their own initiative — subject only to the laws which uniformly apply to all of them — we have a system of spontaneous order in society.

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Discovery comes only to a mind immersed in its pursuit. For such work the scientist needs a secluded place among like-minded colleagues who keenly share his aims and sharply control his performances. The soil of academic science must be exterritorial in order to secure its rule by scientific opinion.

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Dumbledore: It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
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Born: March 11, 1891
Died: February 22, 1976 (aged 84)
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