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Quote by Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

“Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate.”

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Farquhar McGillivray Knowles was an individual active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His occupation and category are currently unknown. He was born on May 22, 1859, and passed away on April 9, 1932. more

“I know it is hard for you young mothers to believe that almost before you can turn around the children will be gone and you will be alone with your husband. You had better be sure you are developing the kind of love and friendship that will be delightful and enduring. Let the children learn from your attitude that he is important. Encourage him. Be kind. It is a rough world, and he, like everyone else, is fighting to survive. Be cheerful. Don't be a whiner”

“You can't take life too seriously. You just have to laugh your way through it.”

Way Laughing

Author:Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“... if I wanted to have a happy garden, I must ally myself with my soil; study and help it to the utmost, untiringly. .... Always, the soil must come first.”

Ifs Firsts Helping Wanted Earth Happiness Study Garden Soil Allies

Author:Marion Dudley Cran

“Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!”

Writing Speak Wise

Author:Clint Smith

“To cross the seas, to traverse the roads, and to work machinery by galvanism, or rather electro-magnetism, will certainly, if executed, be the most noble achievement ever performed by man.”

Ifs Men Science Sea Achievement Crosses Noble Electricity Machinery Magnetism Traverse Galvanism

Book:Elements of Electro-metallurgy

Source: Elements of Electro-metallurgy

“Electricity is but yet a new agent for the arts and manufactures, and, doubtless, generations unborn will regard with interest this century, in which it has been first applied to the wants of mankind.”

Want Firsts Has Beens Art Science Interest Generations Mankind Century Regard Agents Electricity New Age Unborn

Book:Elements of Electro-Metallurgy, or the art of working in metals by the galvanic fluid

Source: Elements of Electro-Metallurgy, or the art of working in metals by the galvanic fluid

“I have not yet begun to fight!”

War Fighting Military Revolution Navy 4th Of July Memorial Day American Revolution

Author:John Paul Jones

“So many of our lessons are learned, it would seem, too late to use on Earth.”

Use Seems Earth Learning Lessons Late Too Late

Author:Marion Dudley Cran

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