For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. - Henry Adams - Quotesmemo.com

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Henry Adams

For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington.

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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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