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In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The…
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[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history,…
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Zero of Animal Life probably about 300 fathoms.
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As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more modified, and fewer and fewer, indicating our…
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The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links…
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...It is a very remarkable fact that the species of shell-fish common to Greenland and Finmark are not all inhabitants of deep…
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Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the…
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Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space. Moreover, all our knowledge of…
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As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do…
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I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that…
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The corals do not look much worn, but still appear to have been dead. There are some delicate shells of molluscs from…
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The naturalists of yore esteemed the ocean to be a treasury of wonders, and sought therein for monstrosities and organisms contrary to…
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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
— Truman Capote
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I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of…
— John le Carre
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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the…
— William Lloyd Garrison
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Sorrows, because they are lingering guests, I will entertain but moderately, knowing that the more they are made of the longer they…
— Joseph Hall
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Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the…
— Unknown Author
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Wine ...moderately drunken it doth quicken a man's wits, It doth comfort the heart.
— Unknown Author
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The future seems a little gloomy! Go to bed early, sleep well, eat moderately at breakfast; the future looks brighter. The world's…
— Arthur Lynch
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So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos…
— Ramachandra Guha
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For a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school without being too much of a shadow.…
— Jenny McCarthy
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I think it's perfectly acceptable and rather admirable to be moderately delusional
— Matthew Gray Gubler
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Those words, temperate and moderate, are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not…
— Thomas Paine
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