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Simon Newcomb

"Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird."

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"Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird."

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Amber Hurdle

"I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial."

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Amber Hurdle

"The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen."

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Amber Hurdle

"Chords that were broken will vibrate once more."

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Amber Hurdle

"Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen."

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Amber Hurdle

"Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates."

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Amber Hurdle

"Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected."

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Amber Hurdle

"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will."

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Amber Hurdle

"I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself."

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Amber Hurdle

"We're going to take risks. What has always been will not necessarily always be forever."

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Simon Newcomb
"As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity."

Habit

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Simon Newcomb
"Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment."

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Simon Newcomb
"My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher."

Life

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Simon Newcomb
"When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck."

Man

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Simon Newcomb
"The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war."

Science

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Simon Newcomb
"As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest."

Existence

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Simon Newcomb
"One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars."

History

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Simon Newcomb
"In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history of the observatory. The new transit circle arrived from Berlin in its boxes."

History

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Simon Newcomb
"A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter."

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Simon Newcomb
"The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington."

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