There are not many joys in human life equal to the joy of the sudden birth of a generalization, illuminating the mind after a long period of patient research.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “There are not many joys in human life equal to the joy of the sudden birth of a generalization, illuminating the mind…”
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He expresses the joy of achieving a significant insight after extensive research.
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