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- After Gibbs, one the most distinguished [American scientists] was Langley, of the Smithsonian. ... He had the physicist's heinous fault of professing to know nothing…
- Laplace would have found it child's-play to fix a ratio of progression in mathematical science between Descartes, Leibnitz, Newton and himself
- Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed…
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- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
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- I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure. — Mark Twain
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- You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them. — David Attenborough
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood