One reason for the primacy of the market in shaping the modern world is that it forces a reorganization of society in… — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
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Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt… — James Dwight Dana Copy Share Image
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Mind is dual, it always divides things into polar opposites: the conqueror and the conquered, the observer and the observed, the object… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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Scientists like myself merely use their gifts to show up that which already exists, and we look small compared to the artists… — Max Perutz Copy Share Image
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This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Real is God, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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