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“The first step to be taken, is to study carefully the fundamental phenomenon above described, and to examine all the various circumstances under which it presents itself.”

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Book:Elements of Electricity, Magnetism, and Electro-dynamics: Embracing the Late Discoveries and Improvements, Digested Into the Form of a Treatise : Being the Second Part of a Course of Natural Philosophy, Compiled for the Use of the Students of the University at Cambridge, New England
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“Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority. It wasn't like somebody told me about it and I said, "I don't know how to spell that." I said, "Yeah, I've got that on my list, so I'm okay." But there came a point when we realized it was happening faster and was a much deeper phenomenon than had been recognized in our strategy.”

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Author:Bill Gates
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“The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.”

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Book:A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America
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“The most striking feature of the new is the sheer mass. Photography was previously a mass phenomenon, but now, quantity is doubtless the outstanding quality. For a long time photos have been taken frequently and everywhere, but now photos are taken permanently and everywhere,... What is new is that we can watch them practically in real time.”

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Author:Joachim Schmid
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