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The study of Nature is intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with Nature. At her lowest her works are…
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In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I…
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I have devoted my whole life to the study of Nature, and yet a single sentence may express all that I have…
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The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must…
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A man cannot be professor of zoölogy on one day and of chemistry on the next, and do good work in both.…
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You cannot do without one specialty. You must have some base-line to measure the work and attainments of others. For a general…
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I cannot afford to waste my time making money
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In Europe I have been accused of taking my scientific ideas from the Church. In America I have been called a heretic,…
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When chemists have brought their knowledge out of their special laboratories into the laboratory of the world, where chemical combinations are and…
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I sometimes hear preachers speak of the sad condition of men who live without God in the world, but a scientist who…
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I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God who is…
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One naturally asks, what was the use of this great engine set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over,…
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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
— Thomas Jefferson
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It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature.…
— Louis Agassiz
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Our greatest value is to reproduce ourselves in the lives of others. When you leave behind a vibrant Christian who knows his…
— Jerry Falwell
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If a man has any brains at all, let him hold on to his calling, and, in the grand sweep of things,…
— Unknown Author
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The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for…
— Steven Pressfield
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A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.
— Ernest Gellner
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It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be…
— Napoleon Hill
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Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
— Billy Graham
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Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
— Billy Graham
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The artist in his calling of interpreter creates because he must. He is so much of a voice that, for him, silence…
— Joseph Conrad
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