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William Macneile Dixon, born in 1866 in Scotland, was a British author known for his historical novels and biographies. His works, particularly those depicting the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, have won him a wide readership. Dixon's writing style is unique and has had a lasting impact on subsequent historical novelists.

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“Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.”

Reason Desire Iron Filling Magnet

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“Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of the mental world.”

Men World Life Ideas Death Dies Individual Nature He Man Friends Climate Soil Vegetation

Book:The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

Source: The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

“If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment.”

Ifs Stars Born Skeptical Astonishment

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“Our business is not to solve problems beyond our mortal powers, but to see to it that our thoughts are not unworthy of the great theme.”

Problem Solve Mortals Theme Our Thoughts Unworthy

Book:The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

Source: The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

“There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, "He who hates vice hates mankind."”

Hate Mankind Vices

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“Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.”

Giving Looks Happened Possibility Perspective Birth Window Miracle Opening Pregnancy Childbirth Giving Birth Birth Of A Child

Book:The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

Source: The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

“The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.”

Stills Facts Confusion Portraits Clutter

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“All finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot tear out its context. And that context, astounding even to bodily eyes, is the heaven of stars and the incredible procession of the great galaxies.”

Ifs Life Eye Heaven Wish Stars Understanding Tears Roots Infinite Incredibles Galaxy Finite Procession

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“To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.”

Feels Heart Living Things Creeps

Book:The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

Source: The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937

“Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels' bread when found.”

Men Truth Found Angel Assuming Bread Pursue

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About the Author

Born: 1866
Died: 1946
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