Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 1:Freedom and the Control of Men. Quote 16

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Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 1:Freedom and the Control of Men. Quote 16

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The experimental method is superior to simple observation just because it multiplies “accidents” in a systematic coverage of the possibilities. (p. 12)

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