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“Mervyn Peake is a finer poet than Edgar Allan Poe, and he is therefore able to maintain his world of fantasy brilliantly through three novels. It (Gormenghast trilogy) is a very, very great work ... a classic of our age.”

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Book:The Gormenghast Novels

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The Gormenghast Novels

The Gormenghast Novels is a series of fantasy novels that delve into the intricate world of Gormenghast Castle, a sprawling, decaying, and mysterious structure. The series, which includes 'Titus Groan,' 'Masterman and Margery Latin,' 'Sir Orfeo,' and 'Titus Alone,' follows the lives of the inhabitants of the castle, particularly the descendants of the Groan family. The novels are known for their complex narrative structure, dark humor, and exploration of themes such as family dynamics, power struggles, and the supernatural. more

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Mervyn Peake was a British writer renowned for his imaginative and distinctive works. He is most celebrated for his Gormenghast series, a blend of fantasy, satire, and horror that has become a cornerstone of modern fantasy literature. Peake's writing is characterized by its vivid descriptions and complex characters. more

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“[Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience.”

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Book:The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy

Source: The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy

“My lord, lawyers are a dangerous species of animals till ha'e any dependence upon--they are always starting punctilios and deeficulties among friends. Why, my dear lord, it is their interest that aw mankind should be at variance; for disagreement is the vary manure wi' which they enrich and fatten the land of leetigation; and as they find that constantly produces the best crop, depend upon it they will always be sure till lay it on ass thick ass they can.”

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Author:Charles Macklin

“And last of all we have the secondary forms of crystals bursting in upon us, and sparkling in the rigidity of mathematical necessity and telling us, neither of harmony of design, usefulness or moral significance, nothing but spherical trigonometry and Napier's analogies. It is because we have blindly excluded the lessons of these angular bodies from the domain of human knowledge that we are still in doubt about the great doctrine that the only laws of matter are those which our minds must fabricate, and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.”

Source: The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: 1846-1862

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Book:A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

Source: A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

“Colour as perceived by us is a function of three independent variables at least three are I think sufficient, but time will show if I thrive.”

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Book:The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: 1846-1862

Source: The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: 1846-1862

“The equations at which we arrive must be such that a person of any nation, by substituting the numerical values of the quantities as measured by his own national units, would obtain a true result.”

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Book:The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell:

Source: The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell:

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Source: The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell:

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“The British Empire has advanced to a new conception of autonomyand freedom, to the idea of a system of British nations, each freely ordering its own individual life, but bound together in unity byallegiance to one Crown, and co-operating in all that concerns the common weal.”

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Author:Sam Nunn