All great discoveries... are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents. (Mark Helprin)

All great discoveries... are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents.

Mark Helprin

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