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During the last two centuries and a half, physical knowledge has been gradually made to rest upon a basis which it had not before. It… — Augustus De Morgan
Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them than to look… — John Graunt
Nothing is known in our profession by guess; and I do not believe, that from the first dawn of medical science to the present moment,… — Astley Cooper
The theory of the lung as a gland has justified its existence and done excellent service in bringing forward facts, which shall survive any theoretical… — August Krogh
Time, which measures everything in our idea, and is often deficient to our schemes, is to nature endless and as nothing; it cannot limit that… — James Hutton
What a glorious title, Nature, a veritable stroke of genius to have hit upon. It is more than a cosmos, more than a universe. It… — James Joseph Sylvester
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
Chemistry has the same quickening and suggestive influence upon the algebraist as a visit to the Royal Academy, or the old masters may be supposed… — James Joseph Sylvester
He is The Bread sown in the virgin, leavened in the Flesh, molded in His Passion, baked in the furnace of the Sepulchre, placed in… — Peter Chrysologus
A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it… — Murray Kempton
Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth,-as some kinds of creatures do their food; to be ruminated upon. — Thomas Hartwell Horne
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others. — Pasquier Quesnel
One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come… — Bennett Cerf
He who has no opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave. — Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
When you see someone who is not as religious, remember that you were once on the edge of the fire, and it was Allah Subhaanahu… — Nouman Ali Khan
The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use of… — Ira Remsen
A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment. — Ernest Bramah
Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartet of virtue that will never be improved upon. — Jamie Oliver
Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind,… — Margaret Mary Alacoque
I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us… — Morris Graves

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