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Humanity stands ... before a great problem of finding new raw materials and new sources of energy that shall never become exhausted. In the meantime… — Svante Arrhenius
With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting the low antiquity of the… — William Buckland
In the natural sciences, and particularly in chemistry, generalities must come after the detailed knowledge of each fact and not before it. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
The basis of the discovery is imagination, careful reasoning and experimentation where the use of knowledge created by those who came before is an important… — Bengt I. Samuelsson
We seem to be heading for a state of affairs in which the determination of whether or not Doomsday has arrived will be made either… — Herbert York
The alchemists of past centuries tried hard to make the elixir of life: ... Those efforts were in vain; it is not in our power… — Unknown Author
If it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were then taught the natural sciences, they would learn as thoroughly… — Christine de Pizan
Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he said of those very men… — Ambrose
There have been many authorities who have asserted that the basis of science lies in counting or measuring, i.e. in the use of mathematics. Neither… — Unknown Author
[Before the time of Benjamin Peirce it never occurred to anyone that mathematical research] was one of the things for which a mathematical department existed.… — Julian Coolidge
[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return back to the… — Thomas Sprat
There is no ground for supposing that matter and energy existed before [the Big Bang] and were suddenly galvanized into action. For what could distinguish… — Unknown Author
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating, but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of… — R. J. Hollingdale
Students may feel the criticism is harsh, but I think it's possible they haven't had criticism before. It's my job to point out when something… — Louise Wilson
If you can't find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether. — Ashley Young
All the other large and small nationalities and peoples are destined to perish before long in the revolutionary world storm... The next world war will… — Friedrich Engels
Beauty Queen' is the weirdest, strangest, and most perfect play to do before 'Hedda Gabler', because there are so many similar issues for Maureen and… — Kate Burton
I had to put my kid before my career and all the money I was making. I decided to do the right thing. I was… — Brian Welch
I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a… — Jake Owen
She became a very famous, very popular young girl. Before that, she was my daughter, but now I'm her father. — Ziauddin Yousafzai

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