Annie Jump Cannon quotes
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“Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.”
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“Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all.”
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“A life spent in the routine of science need not destroy the attractive human element of a woman's nature.”
-- Annie Jump Cannon
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“We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.”
Source : A. S. King (2014). “Glory O'Brien's History of the Future”, p.80, Hachette UK
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Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”
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“If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.”
Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.40, Courier Corporation
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Source : Ad Reinhardt (1975). “Art-as-art: the selected writings of Ad Reinhardt”, Viking Adult
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“The Internet changes the structure of society all the time—this massiveness made of individuals.”
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“Each human being is a more complex structure than any social system to which he belongs.”
Source : Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.113, David R. Godine Publisher
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