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In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism (hypothesis of natural selection) weakened, being amazed… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
The first telescope opened the heavens; the first microscope opened the world of the microbes; radioisotopic methodology, as examplified by RIA [radioimmunoassay], has shown the… — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to… — Baron de Montesquieu
I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too. — Kiki Smith
We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks,… — Richard P. Feynman
We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay of… — Robert Andrews Millikan
The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. Before we… — Alphonsus Liguori
We must understand that in order 'to do', we must first learn 'to be', that is to say, in the sweet company of Jesus in… — Pope John Paul II
It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to itself, as proper nourishment; and,… — Laurence Sterne
Genius gives birth, talent delivers. What Rembrandt or Van Gogh saw in the night can never be seen again. Born writers of the future are… — Jack Kerouac
I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it. — William Zinsser
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. — James Anthony Froude
Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the… — Lytton Strachey
If at first you don't succeed-try, try again. Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as timed-release success. — Robert Orben
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. — Cecil Beaton
I would be a liar if I said I don't care [about my appearance]; yes, I care. I found it very difficult, when I first… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free.… — Abraham Lincoln
Pride, the first peer and president of Hell. — Daniel Defoe
Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is… — Abraham Lincoln
The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left… — Thomas Jefferson

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