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The deduction of effect from cause is often blocked by some insuperable extrinsic obstacle: the true causes may be quite unknown. Nowhere… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
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Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's… — William James Copy Share Image
Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the worst thing about the… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
The only stuff we looked at were incidents for which there are a paper trail ... (and) everything we looked up was… — William Bastone Copy Share Image
Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
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This example illustrates the differences in the effects which may be produced by research in pure or applied science. A research on… — Joseph John Thomson Copy Share Image
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What is meaningful cannot in fact be isolated…. We achieve understanding within a circular movement from particular facts to the whole that… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
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