"Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that,……" — Florence Nightingale

"Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that, whereas the laws of the motions of the heavenly bodies, far removed as they are from us, are perfectly well understood, the laws of the human mind, which are under our observation all day and every day, are no better understood than they were two thousand years ago."

— Florence Nightingale

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