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Robert Shea

"It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department."

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"It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department."

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"Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit."

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"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

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"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

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"There are great roads, beautiful bridges, lovely parks, gorgeous gardens and wonderful buildings in a big city. But there is something missing, something very important: The spirit of nature!"

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"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"

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"Tess was awake before dawn - at the marginal minute of the dark when the grove is still mute, save for one prophetic bird who sings with a clear-voiced conviction that he at least knows the correct time of day, the rest preserving silence as if equally convinced that he is mistaken."

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"Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax."

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"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"
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"Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola."
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"But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization."
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"The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians."
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