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title: "2 Jack Whiteside Parsons Quotes"
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# Jack Whiteside Parsons

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John Whiteside Parsons was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advanceme

##  Quotes by Jack Whiteside Parsons

> [“Freedom like charity, begins at home. No man is worthy to fight in the cause of freedom unless he has conquered his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-whiteside-parsons/freedom-like-charity-begins-at-home-no-man-is-worthy-to-fight-in-the/)

[Jack Whiteside Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-whiteside-parsons/)

[Charity begins at home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charity-begins-at-home/)

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> [“No doubt you will be delighted to hear from an adept who has undertaken the operation of his H.G.A. in accord with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-whiteside-parsons/no-doubt-you-will-be-delighted-to-hear-from-an-adept-who-has/)

[Jack Whiteside Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-whiteside-parsons/)

[1952](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1952-415/)

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