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“We know that man has the faculty of becoming completely absorbed in a subject however trivial it may be, and that there is no subject so trivial that it will not grow to infinite proportions if one's entire attention is devoted to it.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“But despite the fact that the doctors treated him, bled him, and gave him medicines to drink -- he recovered.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“It is no valid objection that science as yet throws no light on the far higher problem of the essence or origin of life. Who can explain the what is the essence of the attraction of gravity?”
― The Origin of Species
― The Origin of Species
“...a writing in the sand which all may read but few understand." - Philip Jose Farmer in 'Riders of the Purple Wage”
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“Paulucci and Michaud both attacked Wolzogen simultaneously in French. Armfeldt addressed Pfuel in German. Toll explained to Volkonski in Russian. Prince Andrew listened and observed in silence.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
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