Quote by Herbert Spencer
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the pa

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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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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Poetry
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. – Herbert Spencer

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Success
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While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future. – Herbie Hancock

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The future is no more uncertain than the present. – Walt Whitman

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Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement. – Christopher Bond

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The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but its all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it. – Mike Huckabee

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It is wonderful that five thousand years have now elapsed since the creation of the world, and still it is undecided whether or not there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it. – Samuel Johnson, quoted by James Boswell

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Ghosts
[T]he bees will buzz you a welcome from the hives at the end, and then the trees will stoop down about you, and you can look up into a green sky set with constellations of apples. – Margaret Troili, “Woods of Mendocino,” Out West: A Magazine of the O

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I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people. – Peter Jennings

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. – Alexander Graham Bell

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Success