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• Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed… — Arthur Koestler
• For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise. — Robert Breault
• The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our… — Barack Obama
• What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history, letters, art, and poetry, in all its periods, from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• ...The Chinese in the 9th century AD utilized a book entitled The Thousand Golden Prescriptions, which described how rice polish could be… — Jeffrey Bland
• At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from… — Slobodan Milosević
• Remember, how often the great art of the past didn't look great at first, how often it didn't look like art at… — Michael Cunningham
• Consider this: there is not a single word in [the Sermon on the Mount] about what to believe, only words about what… — Robin Meyers
• Machiavelli, however, took his bearings from people as they are. He defined the political project as making the best of this flawed… — George Will
• Once leprosy had gone, and the figure of the leper was no more than a distant memory, these structures still remained. The… — Michel Foucault

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