"If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum."

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Source : "Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime". Book by Charles Coulston Gillispie, p. 240, January 10, 2009.

Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet

#Real Quotes #Distance Quotes #Taken Quotes

“I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.”
“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn”
“Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.”
“We're at war against the ultimate evil in the world, and We're going to win.”
“Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.”

Source : Title of song (1941)
“Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us away from our ghosts and ancestors, who cried salty rivers into the sand. That's where Momma was now, wailing at the water's edge, while her girls were pulled out of sight under white sails that cracked in the wind.”
“I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.”
“I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because people are brutal. I never want my kids to feel like they have to live up to what I've done.”

Source : "‘Tamar & Vince’: Tamar Braxton Opens Up On New Show & Becoming A Mother". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 21, 2012.

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