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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. – Irving Babbitt

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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. – Irving Babbitt

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Happiness
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. – Irving Babbitt

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Happiness
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The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the most perfect symbol of the triumph of quantity over quality…. Whole forests are being ground into pulp daily to minister to our triviality. – Irving Babbitt

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Environment
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Science
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Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better. – Laurel Clark

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Science

Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking. – Deepak Chopra

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Science

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but its the science of prehistory – palaeontology and archaeology – rather than astronomy or physics. – Jean M. Auel

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Science

Every science is a profane restatement of the preceding dogmas of the religious period. – Francis Parker Yockey

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Science

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I was motivated to be different in part because I was different. – Donna Brazile

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Before Twilight, occasionally I would get the Hey are you that girl from that movie? but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and its very flattering. – Nikki Reed

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I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas. – Hillary Clinton

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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. – Thomas Carlyle

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