My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. - Simon Newcomb - Quotesmemo.com

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Something terrible has happened to the soul of the Republican Party. We've gone from bad economic doctrine. We've even gone beyond selfishness and special interests. At this point we're talking about a state of mind that takes positive glee in inflicting further suffering upon the already miserable.

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Simon Newcomb

My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.

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Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

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What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.

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Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.

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