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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of a poem,…
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Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should…
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The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against…
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The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that the moment…
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If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is…
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All that we need explicitly to note is that, the more the passive attention is relied on, by keeping the material interesting;…
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The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an…
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Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved…
— Nikola Tesla
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Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that we can…
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When two minds of a high order, interested in kindred subjects, come together, their conversation is chiefly remarkable for the summariness of…
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Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that…
— Alexander Alekhine
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Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by…
— Alphonse de Lamartine
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Time wastes too fast : every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity Life follows my pen ; the days and…
— Laurence Sterne
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Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.
— Warren De La Rue
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Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.
— Charles Babbage
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