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“The relationship between science and the humanities is two-way. Science changes our view of the world and our place in it. In the other direction, the humanities provide the store of ideas and images and language available to us in understanding the world. The exploding star of A.D. 1054, the Crab Nebula, was sighted and documented by the Chinese, but nowhere mentioned in the West, where the Aristotelian notion of the immortality of stars still held sway. We often do not see what we do not expect to see.”

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"The representatives of labor should have a voice in the management of the business."

— Charles Coughlin

Politics1891–1979

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"Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author."

— Arthur Miller

Literature1915–2005

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"The event that came to be known as The Pulse began at 3:03 p.m., eastern standard time, on the afternoon of October 1, 1999. The term was a misnomer, of course, but within ten hours of the event, most…"

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Literature1986

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"Last Sunday we made a bicycle tour of 80 km. Through the North along the edge of the province .. ..On such a day I get again a lot of impressions which will reappear in altered forms in due time. Beau…"

— Hendrik Werkman

Art1882–1945

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