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The gross debaucheries and atrocious cruelties are covered with a resplendent mental veil because of the systematic exposition of the philosophic principles in all fields… — Iwan Bloch
The transition of world agriculture from food grain to feed grains represents an...evil whose consequences may be far greater and longer lasting than any past… — Jeremy Rifkin
Paleontologists ever since Darwin have been searching (largely in vain) for the sequences of insensibly graded series of fossils that would stand as examples of… — Niles Eldredge
I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build… — Scott Brooks
The heart of mathematics consists of concrete examples and concrete problems. Big general theories are usually afterthoughts based on small but profound insights; the insights… — Paul Halmos
To parents who despair because their children are unable to master the first problems in arithmetic I can dedicate my examples. For, in arithmetic, until… — Jacques Hadamard
Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own questions, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is the… — Paul Halmos
We now have a quarter of a million fossil species, but the situation hasn't changed much... We have even fewer examples of evolutionary transition than… — David M. Raup
Beyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam. Both religions have within their histories… — Tony Campolo
Clergy had a vested interest in retaining the old, ways, which made few demands of them as teachers, as spiritual guides, or as moral examples… — Alister E. McGrath
Gratitude is the praise we offer God: for teachers kind, benefactors never to be forgotten, for all who have advantaged me, by writings, sermons, converse,… — Lancelot Andrewes
The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of… — John Jewel
History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive. — Francis James Grimke
One of the most extraordinary examples in recent decades [of unitary visions of constitutional enterprise] is found in a book called "Takings"... Epstein makes an… — Laurence Tribe
To many, mathematics is a collection of theorems. For me, mathematics is a collection of examples; a theorem is a statement about a collection of… — John B. Conway
There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion. — Pope John Paul II
But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, England, the… — Samuel Eliot Morison
Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating… — Ben Cohen
How many examples do we have of these bodies [of the state] set up to eliminate a problem, actually eliminating it, shutting down their operations… — Greg Sams
If you study the classic examples of endgame play you will see how the king was brought up as soon as possible even though there… — Alexander Kotov

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