“Conclusions which are merely verbal cannot bear fruit, only those do which are based on demonstrated fact. For affirmation and talk are deceptive and treacherous. Wherefore one must hold fast to facts in generalizations also, and occupy oneself with facts persistently, if one is to acquire that ready and infallible habit which we call "the art of medicine".” IfsArtFactsReadyBearsHabitMedicineFruitOneselfConclusionAcquireAffirmationInfallibleDeceptiveTreacherousGeneralizationHold Fast Author:Hippocrates
“The machinery of destruction is complete, poised on a hair trigger, waiting for the 'button' to be 'pushed' by some misguided or deranged human being or for some faulty computer chip to send out the instruction to fire. That so much should be balanced on so fine a point--that the fruit of four and a half billion years can be undone in a careless moment--is a fact against which belief rebels.” ShouldYearsHumansMomentsFactsBeliefWaitingHuman BeingsHalfFireFourHairFineComputerDestructionFruitBillionsRebelInstructionBalancedButtonsChipsMachineryTriggersCarelessUndoneMisguidedDeranged Book:The Fate of the Earth: And, The Abolition Source: The Fate of the Earth: And, The Abolition