A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort. – John Ruskin
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. – John Ruskin

A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort. – John Ruskin
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. – John Ruskin
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom, there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life. – John Ruskin
Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. – John Ruskin
So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and… Wanda Sykes and John Legend… were adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And thats the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship. – Henry Louis Gates