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• Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as…
• The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is…
• As for the pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much as the fact that so many men could…
• Still we live meanly like ants, though the fable tells us we were long ago changed into men.
• My friend is one... who take me for what I am.
• If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting…
• The fact which interests us most is the life of the naturalist. The purest science is still biographical. Nothing will dignify and…
• I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I…

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