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“I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated.”

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Born on October 1, 1959, Brian P. Cleary is a renowned poet known for his humorous and insightful poetry. His works, often educational in nature, are celebrated for their unique style and have gained popularity among children and parents alike. more

“The aim of scientific thought, then, is to apply past experience to new circumstances; the instrument is an observed uniformity in the course of events. By the use of this instrument it gives us information transcending our experience, it enables us to infer things that we have not seen from things that we have seen; and the evidence for the truth of that information depends on our supposing that the uniformity holds good beyond our experience.”

Giving Use Past Courses Events Information Depends Circumstances Evidence Aim Instruments Uniformity Transcending Supposing Past Experiences Supposing That

Book:The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

Source: The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

“An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.”

Has Beens Belief Struggle Our Lives Circumstances Complexes Various Breathe Atmosphere Labour Conception Forefathers

Book:Lectures and Essays

Source: Lectures and Essays

“Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the fatal superstitions which clog his race.”

May Helping Race Alive Sentences Village Superstitions Rustic

Book:Lectures and Essays

Source: Lectures and Essays

Quote by Brian P. Cleary

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