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"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."
"The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant."
"Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders."
"Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one."
"Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts."
"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."
"Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation."
"We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact."
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"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."
"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."
"A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days."
"The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity."
"From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment."
"Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential."
"Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man."
"The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind."
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