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title: "3 Mass Brain Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-steno/we-need-only-view-a-dissection-of-that-large-mass-the-brain-to-have/)

[Nicolas Steno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-steno/)

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> [In proportion to our body mass, our brain is three times as large as that of our nearest relatives. This huge organ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-blackmore/in-proportion-to-our-body-mass-our-brain-is-three-times-as-large-as/)

[Susan Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-blackmore/)

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> [“The MRI shows a mass in your brain, which is causing your symptoms.” Silence. “Do you want to see the MRI?” “Yes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kalanithi/the-mri-shows-a-mass-in-your-brain-which-is-causing-your-symptoms/)

[Paul Kalanithi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kalanithi/)

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