Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Chesterton , G. K. (2009-01-01), Heretics, Serenity Publishers, Retrieved on 2012-01-31
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    31 JAN 2012

     Science Demands Reliable Instruments

    Men can construct a science with very few instruments, or with very plain instruments; but no one on earth could construct a science with unreliable instruments. A man might work out the whole of mathematics with a handful of pebbles, but not with a handful of clay which was always falling apart into new fragments, and falling together into new combinations. A man might measure heaven and earth with a reed, but not with a growing reed.
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    Folksonomies: measurement
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    One can measure with a stick, but not with a growing reed.

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