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“It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.”

Way Has Beens Helping Might Mankind Sake Privilege Practicals Pursue

Author:Paul Nurse

“Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind; No general object of desire is known, Each has his will, and each pursues his own.”

Mind Desire Known Mankind Objects Species Rate Various Pursue Variety Shade Objects Of Desire

Author:William Gifford

“That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.”

Common Mankind Rate Envy Superiors Pursue Incessant

Book:The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author

Source: The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author

“The machine not only does it relieve us mechanically of a crushing weight of physical and mental labor; but by the miraculous enhancing of our senses, through its powers of enlargement, penetration and exact measurement, it constantly increases the scope and clarity of our perceptions. It fulfills the dream of all living creatures by satisfying our instinctive craving for the maximum of consciousness with a minimum of effort! Having embarked upon so profitable a path, how can Mankind fail to pursue it?”

“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.”

Source: Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson

“It is the main motivation of mankind to be free, to express our true selves and pursue our dreams without restriction--to experience what may be called Personal Freedom.”

May Self Dream Motivation Mankind Pursue True Self Our Dreams Restriction Personal Freedom

Book:High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

Source: High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way