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"\[T\]he greatest contribution of medievalism to the formation of the scientific movement ... \[is\] the inexpugnable belief that every detailed occurrence can be correlated with its antecedents in a perfectly definite manner, exemplifying general principles. Without this belief the incredible labours of scientists would be without hope. It is this instinctive conviction, vividly poised before' the imagination, which is the motive power of research-that there is a secret, a secret which can be unveiled. How has this conviction been so vividly implanted on the European mind?...