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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality,...
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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a...
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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before...
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It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most...
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When it is darkest, men see the stars.
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Good seamanship is recovering from an incident at sea. Great seamanship is avoiding an...
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply...
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We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but...
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Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
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If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary...