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"Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth."
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"If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words."
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"We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast."
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"The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual."
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"Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth."
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"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."
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"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty."
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"Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth."
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"Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man."
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"The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven."
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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."
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"Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not."
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"Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth."
Earth
"The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback."
April
"The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland."
People
"I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth."
Truth
"There was no romance about the mosquitos, however."
Romantic
"At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova."
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"If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing."
Wife
"Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share."
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"Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm."
Decision
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