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Science confers power, not purpose. It is a blessing, therefore, if the purpose which it serves is good; it is a curse, if the purpose is bad.

William Louis Poteat

Before the dull eye of the ordinary man facts pass one after another in long procession, but pass without effect, awakening nothing. In the eye of the man of genius, be he poet or man of science, the same facts light up an illumination, in the one of beauty, in the other of truth.

William Louis Poteat

It is true that the torch of science grows brighter with each passing year, and shoots its rays deeper into the enveloping darkness, but mystery is ever with it. Science proposes more questions than it solves.

William Louis Poteat

William Louis Poteat

William Louis Poteat

Born: 1856

Died: 1938 (aged 82)

Bio: William Louis Poteat, also known as "Doctor Billy", was a professor and then the seventh president of Wake Forest College. Poteat was conspicuous in many civic roles becoming a leader of the Progressive Movement in the South, and a champion of higher education.

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