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Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For centuries poets, some poets, have tried to give a voice to the animals, and readers, some readers, have felt empathy and… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the 19th Century people were looking for the Northwest Passage. Ships were lost and brave people were killed, but that doesn't… — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
It is clear that we cannot go up another two orders of magnitude as we have climbed the last five. If we… — Derek J. de Solla Price Copy Share Image
Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different… — Edwin O. Reischauer Copy Share Image
Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works. — Eddie Obeng Copy Share Image
The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The same tantalizing guile and sublime skill....[The series is] reinforced in its claim to be one of the major literary works of… — Kevin Myers Copy Share Image
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The blessing of the state, implicit or explicit, has been crucial to every twentieth-century information empire. — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
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The twentieth century provides little or no evidence in any corner of the globe to support the contention that religion causes most… — Michael Medved Copy Share Image
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America was founded by intellectuals, a rare occurrence in the history of modern nations We might even say that America was founded… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
It is time to understand the environment for what it is: the national security issue of the early twenty-first century. — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
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The ills and disorders of the 14th century could not be without consequence. Times were to grow worse over the next fifty-odd… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Here we are in the century of information, that is to say the unformed. Every kind of literature will be journalistic, with… — Julien Torma Copy Share Image
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Our CO2 mixes with everyone else's within a year, then hangs around for centuries like a shroud. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
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As I started reading about it, I saw that at the beginning of the 19th century, outside of New England - which… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
The advertising agency, as it stands today, is a peculiar manifestation of American business life of the twentieth century - glossy, brash,… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
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