TRUTH AND ACCURACY.
"The modern scientist realises that |we can only advance by a succession of approximations to accuracy. The measurements give science workingfacts," said Mr John Buchan, in a speech in Aberdeen. "In the face of triumphs and discoveries of which earlier generations never dreamt, we find our scientists to-day not yet ready to decode the messages of Nature, but content to record as exactly as they can. The accuracy of fact is only attainable within narrow limits and the exploration of facts; truth, in the widest sense, is stilla long day's journey off. It is an attitude we might well copy in our spheres. Accuracy is not the same thing as truth. Accuracy is one of truth's foundations: the ability to avoid blunders. In everyday life it is hard to be completely certain about any facts, once we make our analysis, and in history it is almost impossible. We must be prepared to refrain from dogmatism. Truth is a succession of approxima-
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIII, Issue 13, 16 February 1932, Page 4
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