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“Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.”
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“I saw with regret, (and all scientific men have shared this feeling) that whilst the number of accurate instruments was daily increasing, we were still ignorant”
― Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
― Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
“The most dangerous worldviews are the worldviews of those who have never viewed the world.”
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“No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.”
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“Think of love as a state of grace not as a means to anything... but an end in itself.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
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