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James G. Blaine
James G. Blaine

James G. Blaine was a prominent American politician who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He played a significant role in late 19th-century American politics, known for his diplomatic policies and political tactics. more

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“The people I am afraid of are the ones who look for tendentiousness between the lines and are determined to see me as either liberal or conservative. I am neither liberal, nor conservative, nor gradualist, nor monk, nor indifferentist. I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.”

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“I regret that it has been necessary for me in this lecture to administer a large dose of four-dimensional geometry. I do not apologize, because I am really not responsible for the fact that nature in its most fundamental aspect is four-dimensional. Things are what they are.”

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Book:The Concept of Nature: Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November, 1919
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