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![“This was borne out again in October 1996 when Pope John Paul II, standing in the context of a train of Catholic thought which stretched back to the Church Fathers said, in essence, "Looks like there's some good evidence for some sort of biological evolution."[22] That is, he said, as so many…” quote by Mark Shea](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/5a3/mark-shea-86645_biological-evolution_this-was-borne-out-again-in-october-1996_2906849.jpg)
![“To most ... of us, Russia was as mysterious and remote as the other side of the moon and not much more productive when it came to really new ideas or inventions. A common joke of the time [mid 1940s] said that the Russians could not surreptitiously introduce nuclear bombs in suitcases into the…” quote by Herbert York](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/122/herbert-york-79447_ability_to-most-of-us-russia-was-as-mysterious-a_649743.jpg)
![“Those who work standing ... carpenters, sawyers, carvers, blacksmiths, masons ... are liable to varicose veins ... [because] the strain on the muscles is such that the circulation of the blood is retarded. Standing even for a short time proves exhausting compared with walking and running though it…” quote by Bernardino Ramazzini](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/13f/bernardino-ramazzini-41586_action_those-who-work-standing-carpenters-sawye_2072785.jpg)
![“[Concerning] phosphorescent bodies, and in particular to uranium salts whose phosphorescence has a very brief duration. With the double sulfate of uranium and potassium ... I was able to perform the following experiment: One wraps a Lumière photographic plate with a bromide emulsion in two sheets…” quote by Antoine Henri Becquerel](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/21e/antoine-henri-becquerel-162357_discovery-of-radioac_concerning-phosphorescent-bodies-and-in_633685.jpg)
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