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“To know the history of science is to recognize the mortality of any claim to universal truth.”
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“I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.”
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“... spelling is a matter of private judgment with Maurice!”
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“... autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.”
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“Was anything in life, Anne asked herself wearily, like one's imagination of it?”
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“Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.”
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“If you would have your son to walk honorably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them — not insist upon leading him by the land, but let him learn to go alone.”
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“For me, celibacy is freedom to come and go wherever and whenever I'm called, and not the lonely consequence of no marriage, no children, and no lover.”