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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a t

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. – Herbert Spencer

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The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is – a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter. – Herbert Spencer

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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality. – Herbert Spencer

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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. – Herbert Spencer

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Well, I had this little notion – I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it it was my great refuge through adolescence. – Harry Mathews

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My father had wanted to name me for Dylan Thomas. He had seen him speak on one of those drunken poetry tours he did. – Dylan Walsh

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I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. Its not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. – Saul Williams

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Music is my thing. Its my thing its what I love. Its what I do. Its football to me its Christmas to me religion to me poetry to me. – Ryan Adams

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