"This is not the age of pamphleteers. It is the age of the engineers. The spark-gap is mightier than the pen. Democracy will not be salvaged by men who talk fluently, debate forcefully and quote aptly."

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Source : Science for the Citizen (1938) epilogue

Lancelot Hogben

#Men Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Age Quotes

“The way you scale that is you create notes for every meeting and send it to the entire company.”
“I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.”
“Land Grant College Act is the jewel of Republican reform. It had not occurred to any other country to educate their farmers and workers. When the British studied the reasons for American success in 1851, the consensus was that Americans workers were well educated. So they didn't oppose progress the way British workers did.”

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“The absorption of oxygen and the elimination of carbon dioxide in the lungs take place by diffusion alone. There is no trustworthy evidence of any regulation of this process on the part of the organism.”

Source : August Krogh (1977). “Respiratory adaptations, capillary exchange, and reflex mechanisms: proceedings of the August Krogh Centenary Symposium held in Srinagar, Kashmir (India), October 11-15, 1974”
“Never try to outstubborn a cat.”
“I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.”
“I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look.”
“Never forget which way you face”

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