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[To] explain the phenomena of the mineral kingdom ... systems are usually reduced to two classes, according as they refer to the origin of terrestrial… — John Playfair
At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was… — Aristotle
The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but it also passes… — Karl Popper
Every chemical substance, whether natural or artificial, falls into one of two major categories, according to the spatial characteristic of its form. The distinction is… — Louis Pasteur
As is well known the principle of virtual velocities transforms all statics into a mathematical assignment, and by D'Alembert's principle for dynamics, the latter is… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Truths are known to us in two ways: some are known directly, and of themselves; some through the medium of other truths. The former are… — John Stuart Mill
We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and… — Blaise Pascal
But, because my private lectures and domestic pupils are a great hinderance and intteruption of my studies, I wish to live entirely exempt from the… — Galileo Galilei
The research worker, in his efforts to express the fundamental laws of Nature in mathematical form, should strive mainly for mathematical beauty. He should take… — Paul Dirac
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
I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the… — Thomas Jefferson
The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate… — Jimmy Carter
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or… — Joseph Addison
He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts… — Thomas Jefferson
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the most literal sense. The body in… — Ezra Taft Benson
Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his… — Abraham Lincoln
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as… — James Madison
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while the… — Justus von Liebig

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