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For Nature is accustomed to rehearse with certain large, perhaps baser, and all classes of wild (animals), and to place in the imperfect the rudiments… — Marcello Malpighi
I also require much time to ponder over the matters themselves, and particularly the principles of mechanics (as the very words: force, time, space, motion… — Heinrich Hertz
The development of mathematics toward greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so that one can… — Kurt GÃ¶del
Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must learn to work… — Theobald Smith
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
And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced… — Abraham Lincoln
The real difference of interests, lay not between large and small, but between the Northern and Southern states. The institution of slavery and its consequences… — James Madison
Contented saturnine human figures, a dozen or so of them, sitting around a large long table...Perfect equality is to be the rule; no rising or… — Thomas Carlyle
There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must all file on through the… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If you want to simplify your life, meditation is the answer. If you want to fulfil your life, meditation is the answer. If you want… — Sri Chinmoy
When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution. — Oscar Niemeyer
The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof. For that is a rather large model… — Alexander Calder
Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a… — Eduardo Galeano
I am in favor of increased communication and cooperation between countries, but it is more important that each country becomes responsible for its own actions,… — David Korten
A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we… — Samuel Johnson
The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up… — Sun Tzu
No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it. — Jack Welch
To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly.… — Charles Dickens
So where did these cravings come from? I concluded it's the baby ordering in. Prenatal takeout. Even without ever being in a restaurant, fetuses develop… — Paul Reiser
Business is recognizing the role it can play in combatting climate change. Thank God, is all I can say, for there is a desperately urgent… — Prince Charles

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