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Quote by Simon Newcomb
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. – Simon Newcomb

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What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. – Simon Newcomb

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In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate. – Simon Newcomb

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My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. – Simon Newcomb

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My dad knows the business, and he tells me Ive got to do whats best for me. – Jamie Redknapp

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I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes wed play together. – Vince Gill

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