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Do not teach too many subjects and what you teach, teach thoroughly.

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Alfred North Whitehead
Age: 86 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 15
Died: 1947
Died: December 30
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
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The power of Christianity lies in its revelation in act, of that which Plato divined in theory.
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Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.
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