"The classics of the ancient world are everywhere in the literature of the Revolution, but thet are everywhere illustrative, not determinative, of thought"

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Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.26, Harvard University Press

Bernard Bailyn

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“Is it only humans that look up with wonder at the stars and the vastness of the universe?”
“I try to keeps things pretty light, try to make people laugh. I find it difficult to keep trying to promote myself. I know that's the whole point of it, to promote my music, but I like to use it to be funny and silly.”

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“The [engineer] should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory.”

Source : "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I: "The Education of the Architect", Section 1,
“Acting has been very useful to me.”
“I don't understand, who is God. I don't understand God. But to simplify that, I will say I believe in creation. They say God is the Supreme Being. I don't believe so. I don't believe God created us in his image. I believe we are too small to understand totally the cosmic wonder of the universe.”

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“Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.”
“That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.”
“Calamity is man's true touchstone.”

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