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Every epoch has its character determined by the way its population reacts to the material events which they encounter.
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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After you understand about the sun and the stars and the rotation of the earth, you may still miss the radiance of the sunset.
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[In many circumstances,] the most important thing about a proposition is not that it be true, but that it be interesting.
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