"The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted."

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Source : William Bateson, Gregor Mendel (1902). “Mendel's Principles of Heredity: A Defence”

Gregor Mendel

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“Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.”
“And every human being is precious.”
“But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war.”
“It is interesting sometimes to stop and think and wonder what the place you are currently at used to be like in times past, who walked there, who worked there and what the walls have seen.”
“I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.”
“Do not be afraid that too much labour over the composition is going to kill the spontaneity. Those who absorb and digest their experiences are, of a sudden, mountains of strength and can produce pictures with spontaneous start and finish.”

Source : John F. Carlson (2013). “Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting”, p.131, Courier Corporation
“There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.”
“[Donald] Trump has been saying that on, day one, the violent undocumented immigrants will be - will leave the country. But what about the rest? What happens to the other 11 or so million, however many there are?”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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