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Consequently, if my theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Silurian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably… — Charles Darwin
The several difficulties here discussed, namely our not finding in the successive formations infinitely numerous transitional links between the many species which now exist or… — Charles Darwin
The Christian life is not about pleasing God the finger-shaker and judge. It is not about believing now or being good now for the sake… — Marcus Borg
The cumulative weight of all mortal sins--past, present, and future--pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All our infirmities and sicknesses were somehow, too,… — Neal A. Maxwell
The temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal. — Ezra Taft Benson
As it happened, I had a friend who was a good person who liked to present himself as a dreadful one. Using him as a… — Phil Foglio
Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to… — Pope John Paul II
At present, intelligent people do not have their children vaccinated, nor does the law now compel them to. The result is not, as the Jennerians… — George Bernard Shaw
The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the… — Sylvia Plath
The first step in community organization is community disorganization. The disruption of the present organization is the first step toward community organization. Present arrangements must… — Saul Alinsky
We ought not to endeavor to revise history according to our latter day notions of what things ought to have been, or upon the theory… — Russell Kirk
The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place simply as one… — Charles Eliot Norton
Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. I do not feel there will be soon if ever a 50 or 60… — Irving Fisher
In my garden I spend my days, in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With… — Alexander Smith
There are those, on the one hand, who hope to achieve the social revolution through the State by preserving and even extending most of its… — Peter Kropotkin
True progress lies in the direction of decentralization, both territorial and functional, in the development of the spirit of local and personal initiative, and of… — Peter Kropotkin
Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism is the destruction… — Errico Malatesta
Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present. — Igor Stravinsky
I live neither in the past nor in the future. I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can… — Igor Stravinsky
No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation. — John Mott

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