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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5) in the passage below: To avoid the various foolish opinions which mankind holds, no superhuman genius is required... If the matter is one that can be (1)______ by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of (2) ______ that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he (3). He did not do so because he thought he knew... I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not (5) myself until I had seen one enjoying this unappetizing diet...