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" There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. "

Denis Diderot

Reflection

Facts

Nature

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Denis Diderot

Loss

Makes

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Will

Sometimes

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Talent

Positive