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Quote by John Burroughs
Science has done more for the development of western civilization

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs

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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. – John Burroughs

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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. – John Burroughs

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Weve made science experiments of ourselves and our children. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemys heels. – A. J. Liebling

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Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature. – Paul Valery

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I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it. Then Id go home at night and turn what I learned into science fiction stories. – Kevin J. Anderson

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