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If they are afraid of revision in the laboratory, truth will never be released except by accident.
If they are afraid of revision in the laboratory, truth will never be released except by accident.
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Barbara W. Tuchman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1912 to 1989; Wikidata Q59112, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59112 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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