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Odell Shepard was an outstanding American professor known for his contributions to the field of chemistry. He was born on July 22, 1884, and passed away on July 19, 1967.

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Famous Odell Shepard Quotes

“It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.”

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Author:Odell Shepard

“There are people who not only strive to remain static themselves, but strive to keep everything else so... their position is almost laughably hopeless.”

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Author:Odell Shepard

“For what I give, not what I take, For battle, not for victory, My prayer of thanks I make.”

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“One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet.”

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Author:Odell Shepard

“The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and biologists, for both the god and the unicorn had a business to perform greater than any mere existence in the flesh could explain or provide a basis for.”

May Matter Left Existence Greater Bases Regard Mere Flesh Unicorn Biologist Actuality Trifling

Book:The Lore of the Unicorn

Source: The Lore of the Unicorn

“If the unicorn does live among the snows held up forever on the line of the Equator then it is clear why the world should know so little about them.”

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Book:The Lore of the Unicorn

Source: The Lore of the Unicorn

“There are a few exceptions, however, to this rule that our projection of ourselves is lower than the facts of Nature, and the unicorn — noble, chaste, fierce yet beneficent, altruistic though solitary, strangely beautiful — is the clearest exception of all.”

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Author:Odell Shepard

About the Author

Born: July 22, 1884
Died: July 19, 1967
Known for: Professor
Quotes: 7

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