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John Gabriel Stedman

"Such indeed is the superior longevity of the fair females of Surinam, compared to that of the males (owing chiefly, as I said, to their excesses of all sorts) that I have frequently known wives who have buried four husbands, but never met a man in this country who had survived two wives."

Source : John Gabriel Stedman (1796). “Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the Year 1772, to 1777: Elucidating the History of that Country, and Describing Its Productions ... with an Account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. By Captn. J. G. Stedman ... ...”, p.28

John Gabriel Stedman

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“Wait with patience and love and strength. If helpers are not ready now, they will come in time. Why should we be in a hurry? The real working force of all great work is in its almost unperceived beginnings.”
“The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.”
“These mountains were given to us by the Great Chief so that we might never be depressed.”
“Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.”
“Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.”

Source : Randolph Silliman Bourne (1913). “Youth and Life”
“These principles have given me a way of explaining naturally the union or rather the mutual agreement [conformitÃ©] of the soul and the organic body. The soul follows its own laws, and the body likewise follows its own laws; and they agree with each other in virtue of the pre-established harmony between all substances, since they are all representations of one and the same universe.”
“Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.”
“Well, thatâ€™s interesting,â€ I said. â€œWhatâ€™s interesting?â€ Jack called from the other room. â€œSomething is interesting?â€ Lend shouted. â€œNo! Nothing!”

"Such indeed is the superior longevity of the fair females of Surinam, compared to that of the males (owing chiefly, as I said, to their excesses of all sorts) that I have frequently known wives who have buried four husbands, but never met a man in this country who had survived two wives."

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