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“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then it depends much more on execution for its effect.”

Made Effort Principles Doubt Effects Style Depends Genius Architecture Greek No Doubt Infinity Execution Gothic Gothic Architecture

Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If any one doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Belief Doubt Effects Depends Philosophical Conviction Artistic Blasphemy Fading

Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Scientific discovery is a private event, and the delight that accompanies it, or the despair of finding it illusory, does not travel. One scientist may get great satisfaction from another's work and admire it deeply; it may give him great intellectual pleasure; but it gives him no sense of participation in the discovery, it does not carry him away, and his appreciation of it does not depend on his being carried away. If it were otherwise the inspirational origin of scientific discovery would never have been in doubt.”

Source: The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science

“The vast majority of the peoples of the world are against war and against aggression. If they make their wishes known and effective, war can be stopped. It all depends on whether they are willing to make the effort necessary for the purpose. For, that it will require an effort, no one who considers the history of the world on these subjects can doubt.”

Ifs World War Purpose Wish Effort Known Doubt Subjects Willing Depends Majority Aggression World History Against War

Author:Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

“And the reason is found in the first lie - the lie which you hold as the truth about God - that God cannot be trusted; that God's love cannot be depended upon; that God's acceptance of you is conditional; that the ultimate outcome is thus in doubt. For if you cannot depend on God's love to always be there, on whose love can you depend? If God retreats and withdraws when you do not perform properly, will not mere mortals also?”

Ifs Inspirational Firsts Reason Lying Found Religious Doubt Acceptance Depends Ultimate Mere Mortals Outcomes Trusted Retreat God's Love Conditional Mere Mortals

Author:Neale Donald Walsch

“There is no doubt that human survival will continue to depend more and more on human intellect and technology. It is idle to argue whether this is good or bad. The point of no return was passed long ago, before anyone knew it was happening.”

Humans Long Technology Doubt Depends Return Computer Survival Happenings Intellect Arguing No Doubt Long Ago Idle

Author:Theodosius Dobzhansky

“India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.”

Littles Real Running Doubt Depends India Fortune Champion No Doubt Score Cricket Real Things Cricketers Tendulkar

Author:Sunil Gavaskar

“There can be little doubt that man owes some of his greatest successes in the past to the fact that he has not been able to control social life. His continued advance may well depend on his deliberately refraining from exercising controls which are now in his power.”

Men Wells May Littles Facts Able Past Social Doubt Depends Exercise Social Life Greatest Success

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“If a person asked my advice, before undertaking a long voyage, my answer would depend upon his possessing a decided taste for some branch of knowledge, which could by this means be advanced. No doubt it is a high satisfaction to behold various countries and the many races of mankind, but the pleasures gained at the time do not counterbalance the evils.”

Ifs Mean Persons Long Country Evil Answers Pleasure Race Doubt Advice Mankind Depends Taste Decided Satisfaction Various Branches No Doubt Voyages Possessing Undertakings

Book:The Voyage of the Beagle

Source: The Voyage of the Beagle