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The life of a swarm of bees is like an active and hazardous campaign of an army: the ranks are being continually depleted and continually recruited.

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When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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To regard the soul and body as one, or to ascribe to consciousness a physiological origin, is not detracting from its divinity; it is rather conferring divinity upon the body.
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It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
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The birth of a baby and the blooming of a flower are natural events, but the laboratory methods forever fail to give us the key to the secret of either.
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The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
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