"Small bodies, about half a micron in diameter, and later referred to under the name of 'mitochondria' were detected under the light microscope as early as 1894."

-- Albert Claude

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“Even those who lose the battle are not cowards - if they have fought.”

Source : Louise Closser Hale (1912). “Her Soul and Her Body”
“You think that your silence on certain topics, perhaps in the face of injustice, or unkindness, or mean-spiritedness, causes others to reserve judgement of you. Far otherwise; your silence utters very loud: you have no oracle to speak, no wisdom to offer, and your fellow men have learned that you cannot help them. Doth not wisdom cry, and understanding put forth her voice? We would be well to do likewise.”
“California has all the beauties of youth as well as its idiocies and vices ...”

Source : Gertrude Atherton (2014). “The Avalanche”, p.101, The Floating Press
“I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist.”
“Truth is above all, but higher still is true living.”

Source : Kirpal Singh (1988). “The teachings of Kirpal Singh”
“I used to think being loved was the greatest thing to think about, but now I know love is never satisfied just thinking about it.”
“It was a nice relief to be able to work on individual songs.”

Source : "The Decemberists' Colin Meloy". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. February 14, 2011.
“Good economics is good politics.”

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