Kristian Birkeland quotes
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“A very few lonely pioneers make their way to high places never before visited . . . they create the living conditions of mankind and the majority are living on their work.”
-- Kristian Birkeland -
“It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds.”
-- Kristian BirkelandSource : Kristian Birkeland (1908). “The Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expedition 1902-1903”
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“Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.”
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“There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.”
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Source : Abram Hoffer, CREATESPACE (2009). “Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone: Megavitamin Therapeutics for Families and Physicians”, p.108, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Source : Alan Bennett (2008). “Writing Home”, p.151, Faber & Faber
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