"This substance, which is manifold in its forms……" — Asa Gray

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• The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate;… — Samuel Johnson
• Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They… — Donald Cram
• And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must become familiar with… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
• The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become… — Galileo Galilei
• Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty,… — Pema Chodron
• A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a… — William Safire
• To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let… — Swami Vivekananda
• These proceedings may at first seem strange and difficult, but like all other steps which we have already passed over,… — Thomas Paine
• Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. — George Washington
• I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and… — Melissa Rosenberg
• I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures.… — Mahatma Gandhi
• I'm extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips… — Orson Welles

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