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The present rate of progress [in X-ray crystallography] is determined, not so much by the lack of problems to investigate or the limited power of… — William Lawrence Bragg
The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning until today, and… — Horace-Benedict de Saussure
To the mind which looks not to general results in the economy of Nature, the earth may seem to present a scene of perpetual warfare,… — William Buckland
All good intellects have repeated, since Bacon's time, that there can be no real knowledge but that which is based on observed facts. This is… — Auguste Comte
The races are in fact disappearing, although the process will require thousands of years at present rates — H. Bentley Glass
If a little less time was devoted to the translation of letters by Julius Caesar describing Britain 2000 years ago and a little more time… — Ronald Sydney Nyholm
All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting… — Oliver Ellsworth
Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era. I live in the moment. It's interesting… — Azzedine Alaia
Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Above all, artists must not be only in art galleries or museums - they must be present in all possible activities. The artist must be… — Michelangelo Pistoletto
The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as that of various… — Kersey Graves
It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15 years hence, a "thinking center" that will incorporate the functions of present-day libraries together… — J. C. R. Licklider
Meditation is a way of slowing down so as to descend into the depths of yourself in the present moment, where God lies waiting to… — James Finley
Every writer must reconcile, as best he may, the conflicting claims of consistency and variety, of rigour in detail and elegance in the whole. The… — Julian Coolidge
Diversity...is not casual liberal tolerance of anything not yourself. It is not polite accommodation. Instead, diversity is, in action, the sometimes painful awareness that other… — William Merritt Chase
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. — R C Sherriff
When a language creates - as it does - a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the… — Christopher Ricks
What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All… — Mahatma Gandhi
Our present educational systems are all paramilitary. Their aim is to produce servants or soldiers who obey without question and who accepts their training as… — John Fowles
We are so far from knowing all the forces of nature and their various modes of action that it would be unworthy of the philosopher… — Pierre-Simon Laplace

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