"Education is spreading hope. Millions are now learning to live with HIV/AIDS — instead of waiting to die from it."

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"The New York Institute for Special Education page on Fanny Crosby"

— Fanny Crosby

Music1820–1915

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"I said to your predecessor: 'You know what they're all saying, no more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.' The fellow didn't even laugh."

— George V of the United Kingdom

1865–1936

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"Finally, integral spirituality — as the very name "integral" implies — transcends and includes science, it does not exclude, repress, or deny science. To say that the spiritual currents of the cosmos …"

— Ken Wilber

Psychology1949

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"Oh! human stupidity, do you not perceive that, though you have been with yourself all your life, you are not yet aware of the thing you possess most of, that is of your folly? and then, with the crowd…"

— Leonardo da Vinci

Mathematics1452–1519

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