Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do. (Joseph Wood Krutch)

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.

Joseph Wood Krutch

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