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“Research” said Benjamin Jowett, the great Oxford classical scholar of the 19th century, “Research! A mere excuse for idleness, it has never achieved and will never achieve any results of the slightest value” (1).
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Pollock, A.V. (1986). Historical Evolution: Methods, Attitudes, Goals. In: Troidl, H., Spitzer, W.O., McPeek, B., Mulder, D.S., McKneally, M.F. (eds) Principles and Practice of Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96942-3_2
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