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“To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line.”

Two Body Lines White Party Race Sitting Advantage Warrior Divided Camps Telephones Bulls One Line White Race

Author:Nelson A. Miles

“The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be overestimated; as all high intellectual work is carried on by them, and on such work material progress of all kinds mainly depends, not to mention other and higher advantages.”

Men Wells Kind Important Body Progress Society Materials Depends Higher Degrees Intellectual Advantage Labor Bread All Kinds Daily Bread

Book:The Descent of Man

Source: The Descent of Man

“A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages.”

Men States Body Together Enjoy Perfect United Common Rights Advantage Free Man Man United

Book:The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations

Source: The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations

“I come from a family of tall, curvy women. I developed in my body and my shape far earlier, so from a young age I accepted it. I embraced it and saw it as an advantage.”

Body Age Young Saws Shapes Advantage Accepted Tall Young Age Curvy Curvy Women

Author:Ricki-Lee Coulter

“I like to walk, touch living Mother Earth—bare feet best, and thrill every step. Used to envy happy reptiles that had advantage of so much body in contact with earth, bosom to bosom. [We] live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way.”

Source: To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863-1875

“From the earliest times man has been engaged in a search for general rules whereby to turn the order of natural phenomena to his own advantage, and in the long search he has scraped together a great hoard of such maxims, some of them golden and some of them mere dross. The true or golden rules constitute the body of applied science which we call the arts; the false are magic.”

Men Long Has Beens Art Body Together Order Turns Natural Magic Advantage Mere Golden Engaged Maxims Golden Rule Natural Phenomena Dross Applied Science

Author:James G. Frazer

“An artist may sustain a body of work as an ecosystem, in which every part is used to every advantage, not consuming any part without regenerating it.”

May Body Used Artist Advantage Consuming Ecosystems

Author:Jan Peacock

“A great advantage I had when I started The Body Shop was that I had never been to business school.”

Body School Business Advantage Shops Business School School Bus

Book:Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop

Source: Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop