"An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter."

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Source : William Jones (1801). “The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings”, p.286

William Jones

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“Beer has long been the prime lubricant in our social intercourse and the sacred throat-anointing fluid that accompanies the ritual of mateship. To sink a few cold ones with the blokes is both an escape and a confirmation of belonging.”
“A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.”

Source : Anna Seward (1810). “The Poetical Works of Anna Seward: With Extracts from Her Literary Correspondence”, p.13
“It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities - life is worth living, and then out of sinful curiosity you open a newspaper. You are disillusioned and wrecked.”

Source : Patrick Kavanagh (1973). “Collected Pruse”
“Have unlimited vision under God. Have enthusiasm and faith in what God can do. Without this vision you will become discouraged with the situation at hand; with it you will know that with God all things are possible. Beginning with things as they are and having the vision of what God can do, you will make an unbeatable team.”
“Whenever I don't' have to wear makeup, it's a good day.”
“We''re all misfits here,â€ he says, almost proudly. â€œThat's why I started this squat, after all. Â For people like us, who don't fit in anywhere else. Â Halfies and homos and hopeless romantics, the outcast and outrageous and terminally weird. Â That's where art comes from, Jimmy, my friend. Â From our weirdnesses and our differences, from our manic fixations, our obsessions, our passions. Â From all those wild and wacky things that make each of us unique.”
“God looked through eternity past and He saw you and He chose to reach out and redeem you by His own grace. It's hard to imagine that kind of love.”

Source : James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.114, Moody Publishers
“The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.”

Source : Eric Sevareid (1964). “This is Eric Sevareid”

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