Therefore we must apply to ourselves the old story, especially as it cuts to the heart of the matter: “when one man drinks water and the other wine, it is impossible for them to think alike.” All other men, ancient and modern alike, have in the sciences drunk a simple drink like water, either running spontaneously from the understanding, or drawn up by dialectic as by pulleys from a well. But we drink and make our toasts in a liquor which is made from great numbers of grapes, ripe grapes, ready for the vintage, gathered and cut from the stem in selected bunches, then crushed in the winepress, then refined and strained in a vessel. And so it is no surprise if we do not agree with other people. —Sir Francis Bacon, The New Organon
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