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manuscript notes describe a modern system of factory ef- 

 ficiency. More than any other individual who has lived, 

 Leonardo seems the superman of human intelligence. 

 Leonardo was not entirely alone, although he is clearly 



Fig. 8. Leonardo's use of Cross-Sections to illustrate 

 Anatomy. From the note books of Leonardo da 

 Vinci. (Reproduced from a Figure in Singer after 

 Hopstock.) 



the greatest among the men of genius developed by the 

 Italian Renaissance. Giovani Pico della Mirandolla (1463- 

 1494) possessed the most catholic view of learning and schol- 

 arship of any man of his time. His most important service 

 to science was his refutation of astrology, which accomplished 



