"In the index to the six hundred odd……" — Arthur Koestler
"In the index to the six hundred odd pages of Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History, abridged version, the names of Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes and Newton do not occur yet their cosmic quest destroyed the medieval vision of an immutable social order in a walled-in universe and transformed the European landscape, society, culture, habits and general outlook, as thoroughly as if a new species had arisen on this planet."
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
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More Abridged Quotes
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
— Charles Babbage
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There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.
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Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out.
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The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion…
— James Madison
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Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged.
— Michel de Montaigne
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All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so;…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of…
— James Madison
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Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state…
— Alice Paul
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Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of…
— Jason Epstein
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By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a…
— Judith Sargent Murray
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The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the…
— James Madison
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