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“Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

“I have a great respect for the flag, (but) if the government passed a law saying that I had to pledge allegiance to the flag, I don't think I would do it. I've always felt that I lived in a country...where if I wanted to worship God as a Baptist, I could do so. If I were an atheist, I could be one. If I wanted to be a Catholic but was born a Jew, there's no condemnation...from a government authority.”

Ifs Thinking Country Government Wanted Law Felt Born Authority Worship Catholic Atheist Jew Flags Pledge Allegiance Baptists Condemnation Worship God Great Respect

Author:Jimmy Carter

“Anxieties about ourselves endure. If our proper study is indeed the study of humankind, then it has seemed-and still seems-to many that the study is dangerous. Perhaps we shall find out that we were not what we took ourselves to be. But if the historical development of science has indeed sometimes pricked our vanity, it has not plunged us into an abyss of immorality. Arguably, it has liberated us from misconceptions, and thereby aided us in our moral progress.”

Ifs Stills Sometimes Seems Moral Study Progress Dangerous Development Anxiety Historical Endure Vanity Humankind Abyss Liberated Misconception Immorality

Book:Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism

Source: Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism

“The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we be afraid to learn more about what we are?”

Should Doe Has Beens Theory Evolution Ancestry Theory Of Evolution

Book:Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism

Source: Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism

“Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail.”

Kindness Dog Fine Tails Wags

Author:John B. S. Haldane

“There seems scarcely any limit to what could be done in the way of producing a good world, if only men would use science wisely.”

Ifs Men World Way Done Use Seems Limits

Book:What I Believe

Source: What I Believe

“Is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater courage? Without her, man would not be. If nonviolence is to be the law of our being, the future is with women.”

Ifs Men Self Law Greater Sacrifice Nonviolence

Book:All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

“I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.”

Giving Long Christian Found Belief Church United Difficulty Complicated Statements Doctrine Articles Usual Confession Reservations Christian Doctrine

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“Science arouses a soaring sense of wonder. But so does pseudoscience. Sparse and poor popularizations of science abandon ecological niches that pseudoscience promptly fills. If it were widely understood that claims to knowledge require adequate evidence before they can be accepted, there would be no room for pseudoscience.”

Ifs Doe Would Be Poor Rooms Wonder Understood Evidence Claims Accepted Abandon Soar Adequate Niche Ecological Sense Of Wonder Pseudoscience

Book:Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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