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We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by the author of… — John Dalton
Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire recounts her decision to leave her husband after decades of struggle with his alcoholism. Several days later, he wrote to her:… — Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Their casualties and bodies are many. Their equipment and vehicles, several were destroyed — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Any outside use of military power would at best furnish a temporary respite from the processes that we see playing out. We know that because… — Paul R. Pillar
There's a better way to speak out against President Putin and call out his bigotry for exactly what it is: speaking up for equal rights… — Greg Louganis
There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only truths of definition.… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal; he is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a… — Champfleury
There are several realms which ordinary persons do not perceive. Because they cannot see them, that doesn't mean they don't exist. One of these realms… — Thrangu Rinpoche
Characteristically skeptical of the idea that living things would faithfully follow mathematical formulas, [Robert Harper] seized upon factors in corn which seemed to blend in… — Charles Thom
I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before… — Christiaan Barnard
So you can see that if you direct that force at several objectives, it becomes divided, and each objective receives a fairly weak stimulus, which… — Roger McDonald
In trying to evaluate Hopkins' unique contribution to biochemistry it may perhaps be said that he alone amongst his contemporaries succeeded in formulating the subject.… — Marjory Stephenson
When two plants, constantly different in one or several traits, are crossed, the traits they have in common are transmitted unchanged to the hybrids and… — Gregor Mendel
When we trace the part of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of those several parts, the whole… — James Hutton
The primitive history of the species is all the more fully retained in its germ-history in proportion as the series of embryonic forms traversed is… — Fritz Muller
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.… — Nelson Goodman
Nothing is sudden in nature: whereas the slightest storms are forecasted several days in advance, the destruction of the world must have been announced several… — Nicolas Antoine Boulanger
Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has been another sour sort of… — Daniel Dennett
I am quite sure they are a little bit angry, they want revenge. I think they've wanted that since Monday morning. They look forward to… — Sven-Goran Eriksson
We do not live in several different, or even two different, worlds, a mental world and a physical world, a scientific world and a world… — John Searle

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