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"I believe we can guess at the first time Einstein read Baruch Spinoza's Ethics , a system constructed on the Euclidean model of deductions from propositions. Soon after getting his first real job at t…"

"If any proof is needed that the BMAC has been defeated in this debate, it is this: no one sympathetic to the Babri Masjid cause has made any reference to the outcome of this debate all through the sub…"

"As soon as I get an idea, I write a short story, or I start a novel, or I do a poem. So I have no need for a notebook. I do keep files of ideas and stories that didn’t quite work a year ago, five year…"

"The astronomical lore in Vedic literature provides elements of an absolute chronology in a consistent way. For what it is worth, this corpus of astronomical indications suggests that the Rg-Veda was c…"

"To take another simile , if we imagine a great library containing books which have a vast number of cross references one to another, then should one whole shelf be burned, it might be possible to reco…"

"May, 1993 - Stratford... have been reading through the poetry of 15th century Spain, and I find myself drawn to one by the mystic writer and visionary St. John of the Cross; the untitled work is an ex…"

"I'm frightened by your behaviour. I woke up this morning and you said good morning and i said good morning, what do you feel like doing today, and you said well i sort of have to do this thing, and i …"

"Osler Library, brief biography of William Osler"

"What the cinema can do better than literature or the spoken drama is to be fantastic."

"I grew up as a Catholic militant; when I was a boy I used to read authors like Jacques Maritain, Emmanuel Mounier and novelists like Bernanos. But Catholic inspiration led me also to read authors that…"

"Eugene Debs on the IWW Memorial Page"

"He is already in the category of Baresi, Sammer and anyone else you want to name. Ultimately what he wins will decide where he ranks, but his qualities make him stronger than all of them."

"Among them exists an immense opportunity for the spread of views such as Tolstoy held, but instead of espousing their cause or seeking in any manner to organize the peasants for cooperative action, he…"

"The Trust Online Library"

"The book cannot be called, as some say, “a written evidence of the mind and character of Hitler and his henchmen,” for at the time of writing Hitler was seeking power, and once having gained this powe…"

"Isn't it odd how parents grieve if their child spends six hours a day on the 'Net, but are delighted if those same hours are spent reading books?"

"Come on, Ted Heath! Sue me if you've got nothing to hide! Come on, George Bush! I'm ready! Sue me! I'm naming names! Come on, Jon? Why are they refusing to sue me?"

"The book of Job is pure Arab poetry of the highest and most antique cast."

"Gloria Estefan is going to be here. She writes these books about her dog, Noelle . . . and she also dances and sings well, too."

"Times have changed since the Good Book was written, and you can’t hold with a purely Fundamentalist approach in complex times."