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QUOTATION:We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
ATTRIBUTION:Jean Rostand (1894–1977), French biologist, writer. repr. In The Substance of Man, “A Biologist’s Thoughts,” ch. 8 (1962). Pensées d’un Biologiste (1939).
 
 
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