Consequently, the first thing to be done in any search after philosophic principles is to travel over the … - Hugh Elliot

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I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.

Hugh Elliot

Consequently, the first thing to be done in any search after philosophic principles is to travel over the special sciences with a view to extracting from them such information as is relevant to our purpose.

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Either the distances betweem the distant quarters of the globe are diminished, or you have extended the powers of human action.

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You thought I was writing The Truth? Honey, I don't even know what The Truth means.

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When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face.

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