"From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any control mechanism other than sheer capitalism."

-- John Henry Holland

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“Before man's fall the rose was born,St. Ambrose says, without the thorn;But for man's fault then was the thornWithout the fragrant rose-bud born; But ne'er the rose without the thorn.”
“I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues”
“In 1956 I was granted the biggest reward of my career: my wife, JosÃ©e Jongen.”
“The patter of their feet as they walk through Jim Crow barriers to attend school is the thunder of the marching men of Joshua, and the world rocks beneath their tread.”
“One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave one a curious feeling; it was like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.”

Source : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home.”

Source : "Mormon Parenting Secrets: Time-Tested Methods for Raising Exceptional Children". Book by Flint Stephens (p. 20), September 30, 2011.
“But what is to be the fate of the great wen of all? The monster, called, by the silly coxcombs of the press, "the metropolis of the empire"?”
“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”

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