The Creator has — I say it in all reverence - drawn a myriad red herrings across the track, but the true scientist refuses to be baffled by superficial appearances in detecting the secrets of Nature. The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie. Israel Zangwill
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The true seeker of truth never allows himself to be made a fool by the superficial appearance of things. The vulgar herd, all too predictably, looks for the gross apparent facts and ignores the deeper meaning. A man of insight, however, sees what lies on the surface and knows that it is but a superficial appearance.

Source: The Big Bow Mystery

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