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Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which…
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From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young plants from…
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Owing to the imperfection of language the offspring is termed a new animal, but it is in truth a branch or elongation…
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The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands, but has at the same time stamped a…
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To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense.
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We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay,…
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Life is a forced state! I am surprized that we live, rather than that our friends die.
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There are some modern practitioners, who declaim against medical theory in general, not considering that to think is to theorize; and that…
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But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his…
— D. H. Lawrence
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The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity. What one of us…
— Abraham Lincoln
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PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies…
— Ambrose Bierce
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In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of…
— Georges Cuvier
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The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of…
— Joseph Conrad
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Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of…
— Gilbert Sorrentino
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All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence…
— Ezra Stiles
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For total greed, rapacity, heartlessness, and irresponsibility there is nothing to match a nation.
— Lewis Thomas
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