...science is nothing but ...

...science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common-sense rounded out and minutely articulated. It is therefore as much an instinctive product, as much a stepping forth of human courage in the dark, as is any inevitable dream or impulsive action.

...science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common-sense rounded out and minutely articulated. It is therefore as much an instinctive product, as much a stepping forth of human courage in the dark, as is any inevitable dream or impulsive action.

George Santayana

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America is a young country with an old mentality.

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One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.

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Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

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Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths.

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