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Minute particulars

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars. General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer; for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

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Cahn, R. Minute particulars. Nature 353, 208–209 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/353208a0

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