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“I can conceive few human states more enviable than that of the man to whom, panting in the foul laboratory, or watching for his life under the tropic forest, Isis shall for a moment lift her sacred veil, and show him, once and for ever, the thing he dreamed not of; some law, or even mere hint of a law, explaining one fact; but explaining with it a thousand more, connecting them all with each other and with the mighty whole, till order and meaning shoots through some old Chaos of scattered observations.”

Source: Selections from Some of the Writings of the Rev. C. Kingsley, M.A.

“Da Vinci was as great a mechanic and inventor as were Newton and his friends. Yet a glance at his notebooks shows us that what fascinated him about nature was its variety, its infinite adaptability, the fitness and the individuality of all its parts. By contrast what made astronomy a pleasure to Newton was its unity, its singleness, its model of a nature in which the diversified parts were mere disguises for the same blank atoms.”

Source: The Common Sense of Science

“The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show”

Shows Ability Doubt Mere Possession No Doubt Carrie Great Power

Author:James A. Garfield

“But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.”

Ifs Way Should May Shows Water Conversation Summer Flow Mere Raised Theme Mechanic

Author:William Cowper

“If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.”

Ifs Shows Humility Pride Proud Mere Ill Proof Artificial Gentleness Unreal Slander

Book:The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]

Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]

“The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.”

Firsts Self Helping Shows Hands Able Rights Generations Share Self Help Willing Ready Citizens Capacity Weight Regard Mere Republic Passengers Good Citizen Sturdy

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able to show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.”

Persons States Shows Able Action School Desire Order Opinion Particular Expression Mere Officials Justify Freedom Of Speech Discomfort Prohibition Viewpoints Accompany

Author:Abe Fortas

“It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.”

Men Firsts Children Facts Shows Remember Strong Knowing Birth First Time Mere Speed Proof Reincarnation

Book:Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero with His Treatises on Friendship and Old Age: Letters of Pliny the Younger

Source: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero with His Treatises on Friendship and Old Age: Letters of Pliny the Younger

“Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.”

Shows Certain Sin Levels Class Cutting Mere Shortcomings Short Life

Book:The Death Of The Heart

Source: The Death Of The Heart