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  1. Sinclair Lewis _ Martin Arrowsmith

    All credit to the men who invented paint and canvas, but there's more credit, eh? to the Raphaels and Holbeins who used those discoveries! Laennec and Osler, those are the men! It's all very fine, this business of pure research: seeking the truth, unhampered by commercialism or fame-chasing. Getting to the bottom. Ignoring consequences and practical uses. But do you realize if you carry that idea far enough, a man could justify himself for doing nothing but count the cobblestones on Warehouse Avenue - yes and justify himself for torturing people just to see how they screamed - and then sneer at a man who was making millions of people well and happy!
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  2. Sinclair Lewis _ Martin Arrowsmith

    She knows all about lite'ature except maybe how to read. .
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  3. Sinclair Lewis _ Martin Arrowsmith

    he saw no one clear path to Truth but a thousand paths to a thousand truths far-off and doubtful.
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  4. Sinclair Lewis _ Martin Arrowsmith

    He was permitted, without restriction, to speak of himself as immoral, agnostic and socialistic, so long as it was universally known that he remained pure, Presbyterian, and Republican.
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  5. Sinclair Lewis _ Martin Arrowsmith

    Like all males, he hated to confess ignorance by asking directions,
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