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... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly…
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I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the…
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Their elegant shape, showy colors, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great…
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Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no…
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It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical…
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The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.
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I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of…
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The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one…
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The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill…
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The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except…
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They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard…
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Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great…
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For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled…
— Conrad Black
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This was one of those special occasions when I could actually feel the inner appreciation of the beauty of the moment passing…
— Prince Charles
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
— Plautus
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However you look at it, in these books "power" tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or…
— Stephen R. Donaldson
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On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure.
— Dalai Lama
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There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from…
— John Hay
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Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there are…
— Christopher Hitchens
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But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my…
— Barney Frank
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On the rare occasions when our dreams succeed and achieve perfection - most dreams are bungled - the are symbolic chains of…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for…
— Andy Goldsworthy
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In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and…
— Thomas J. Sargent
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The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they…
— D. Michael Quinn
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