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Marcel Proust

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.

Marcel Proust

Science

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Marcel Proust is saying that the ability to question, express ideas, and hold personal beliefs is essential for maintaining freedom and progress in science. Without these freedoms, scientific development would stall or move backward.

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