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“There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.”

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The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.

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If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world.…

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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It isthe faith that it is the privilegeof man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under…

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Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy…

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The responsibility for the creation of new scientific knowledge - and for most of its application - rests on that small body of men and women who understand the fundamental laws of nature and are skilled in the techniques of scientific research. We shall have rapid or slow advance on any scientific frontier depending on the number of highly qualified…

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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and…

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A belief may be larger than a fact.

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It was through the Second World War that most of us suddenlyappreciated for the first time the power of man's concentrated efforts to understand…

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Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the…

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Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.

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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.

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Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat…

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Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is…

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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life,…

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I wonder if it's possible to have a love affair that lasts forever.

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For a young man to start his career with a love affair with an older woman was quite de rigueur ... Of course, it…

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As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of…

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Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience…

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The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.

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My hope does not rest in the affairs of this world. It rests in Christ who is coming again.

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In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in…

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Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in our internal…

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The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter - As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?

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