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William Cecil Dampier Quotes: Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays.
         

Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays.


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