In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes … - Henry Adams

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It just seems to me that from the Republican perspective, there's so much focus on how bad the other side is, as opposed to their running on their own trajectory within the issues.

Henry Adams

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.

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All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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I firmly believe, that before many centuries more, science will be the master of man. The engines he will have invented will be beyond his strength to control. Someday, science shall have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide by blowing up the world.

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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.

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They know enough who know how to learn.

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My belief is that science is to wreck us, and that we are like monkeys monkeying with a loaded shell; we don't in the least know or care where our practically infinite energies come from or will bring us to.

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