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Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
Alfred North Whitehead
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Alfred North Whitehead
Age: 86 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 15
Died: 1947
Died: December 30
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Nature gets credit which should in truth be reserved for ourselves: the rose for its scent, the nightingale for its song and the sun for its radiance. The poets are entirely mistaken. They should address their lyrics to themselves and should turn them into odes of self congratulation on the excellence of the human mind.
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The worship of God is not a rule of safety - it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable.
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It is not paradox to say that in our most theoretical moods we may be nearest to our most practical applications.
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Fertilization of the soul is the reason for the necessity of art.
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An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it.
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People make the mistake of talking about 'natural laws.' There are no natural laws. There are only temporary habits of nature.
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