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We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will end

We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science – revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence. – John Fiske

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We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led to the way to this New World as the most epoch-making event of all that have occurred since the birth of Christ. – John Fiske

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To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence it is frequently the part of ignorance. – Paul Harris

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If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student. – Paul Graham

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Dr. Rices record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the Presidents decision to initiate military action against Iraq. – Carl Levin

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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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