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...they have never affirm'd any thing, concerning the Cause, till the Trial was past: whereas, to do it before, is a most venomous thing in… — Thomas Sprat
The argument advanced by the supporters of the theory of hereditary transmission does not furnish a satisfactory explanation of the cause of the inequalities and… — Swami Abhedananda
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from… — Robert Fulton
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We… — Nathaniel Borenstein
O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose its beauty, you… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man. — Richard Watson Gilder
Your real life is in the here and now. Once you figure out what kinds of experiences cause you to feel certain ways, you can… — G. Alan Marlatt
Don't add an eezy to my name, 'cause it has never been that' — Donald Glover
Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless. Every significant movement… — Leonard Read
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt not steal, except… — F. A. Harper
[We need not think] that there is any Contradiction, when Philosophy teaches that to be done by Nature; which Religion, and the Sacred Scriptures, teach… — Nehemiah Grew
From the physician, as emphatically the student of Nature, is expected not only an inquiry into cause, but an investigation of the whole empire of… — John Gorrie
The phosphorous smell which is developed when electricity (to speak the profane language) is passing from the points of a conductor into air, or when… — Christian Friedrich Schonbein
Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him [her husband, George Boole]; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a means… — Mary Everest Boole
But the World being once fram'd, and the course of Nature establish'd, the Naturalist, (except in some few cases, where God, or Incorporeal Agents interpose),… — Robert Boyle
'The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and of the ruin of souls.' — Benedict Joseph Labre
The fight for the right to life is not the cause of a special few, but the cause of every man, woman and child who… — Mildred Fay Jefferson
[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the… — Joel Barlow
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will… — Sun Tzu
A main cause of philosophical disease-an unbalanced diet: one nourishes one's thinking with only one kind of example. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

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