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• To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history,… — Charles Babbage
• It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of… — Martin Van Buren
• Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which… — John Burroughs
• I could never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Trust is a fragile thing. Once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom. But once trust is lost, it can be… — Mary Alice
• Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the… — William Howard Taft
• Ambition is torment enough for an enemy; for it affords as much discontentment in enjoying as in want, making men… — Joseph Hall
• Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life… — Albert Schweitzer
• Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation. — Thomas Paine
• We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement. — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for… — Morris Kline
• It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is,… — Samuel Johnson

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