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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.

Cannot Defects Difficult Experiments
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In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur by which they may either be made more accurate or liable to exceptions.

Accurate Accurately Any Contrary
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Infinites, when considered absolutely without any restriction or limitation, are neither equal nor unequal, nor have any certain proportion one to another, and therefore, the principle that all infinites are equal is a precarious one.

Absolutely Another Any Certain
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It is indeed a matter of great difficulty to discover, and effectually to distinguish, the true motions of particular bodies from the apparent because the parts of that immovable space, in which those motions are performed, do by no means come under the observation of our senses.

Apparent Because Bodies Come
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Bitter, bitter, this desolation of angels.

Angel Bitter Desolation Of
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It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.

Bodies Case Depend Directed
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Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.
Once Upon Once Upon A Time Angel
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It may be that there is no such thing as an equable motion, whereby time may be accurately measured. All motions may be accelerated or retarded, but the true, or equable, progress of absolute time is liable to no change.

Absolute Accelerate Accurately Change
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Just as the system of the sun, planets and comets is put in motion by the forces of gravity, and its parts persist in their motions, so the smaller systems of bodies also seem to be set in motion by other forces and their particles to be variously moved in relation to each other and, especially, by the electric force.

Also Bodies Each Electric
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If only it were that easy to let go of hate. Just relax your face.

Letting Go Hate Relax Easy
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Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.

Cannot Divided Finite Infinite
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.

Distinct Divine Introduce Nor
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Your heart is not wrong. Your heart is your strength. You don't have to be ashamed.
Heart Ashamed Strength Wrong
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Resistance is usually ascribed to bodies at rest, and impulse to those in motion, but motion and rest, as commonly conceived, are only relatively distinguished; nor are those bodies always truly at rest, which commonly are taken to be so.

Always Bodies Commonly Conceived
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The ancients considered mechanics in a twofold respect: as rational, which proceeds accurately by demonstration, and practical. To practical mechanics all the manual arts belong, from which mechanics took its name.

Accurately Ancient Arts Belong
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The best and safest method of philosophizing seems to be first to inquire diligently into the properties of things, and establishing those properties by experiments, and then to proceed more slowly to hypotheses for the explanation of them.

Best Diligently Establishing Experiments
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
Everyone Glass Had Slaughterhouses
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The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.

Belongs Circles Description Does
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It was one of those dreams that invade the space between seconds, proving sleep has its own physics- where time shrinks and swells, lifetimes unspool in a blink, and cities burn to ash in a mere flutter of lashes.

Dream Sleep Prove Physics
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How could you tell if your instincts were just hope in disguise, and if your hope was really desperation parading as possibility?

Desperation Instinct Possibility Disguise
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Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.

About Certainly Come Dad
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The hypothesis of matter's being at first evenly spread through the heavens is, in my opinion, inconsistent with the hypothesis of innate gravity without a supernatural power to reconcile them, and therefore, it infers a deity.

Being Deity First Gravity
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We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells.

Account Army Beatles Bells
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.

About Anyway Beatles Four
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It is labor that keeps the strong man strong. And spiritual labor, toil and burden-bearing, is what will give strength to the church of Christ.

Labor Keeps Strong man
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Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

Parent Perfect control Spirit Mildness
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Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Flattery Form Implementation Sincerest
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I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now - and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email.

Bulk Certainly Communicating Email
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Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt praise to God glorifies him.

Religion Consist Noise Soul
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I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them.

Being Gotten Know Number
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I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

Least Love Love Stories Stories
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One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.
Else Falling Greatest Pleasures
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If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations.

Category Expectations Framework Knowing
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Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

Neglect Secret prayer Soul
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I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking.

America Believe Groups I Believe
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Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

Before Best Different Discard
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You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.
Find Job Make Time
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I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.

Everywhere Goes Indeed Laptop
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Confound not faith and feeling together. They are distinct. Faith is ours to exercise. Believe, believe. Let your faith take hold of the blessing, and it is yours by faith. Your feelings have nothing to do with this faith.

Confound Faith Exorcise Believe
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Through the grace of Christ we shall live in obedience to the law of God written upon our hearts. Having the Spirit of Christ, we shall walk even as He walked.

Grace Christ Live God
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Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other.

Beatle Either End He
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Love begets love; and thus the love of Christ displayed upon the cross woos and wins the sinner and binds him repenting to the cross, believing and adoring the matchless depths of a Saviour's love.

Love Christ Displayed Sinner
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John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him.

Did Effort Him Honorable
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I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position.

Advantage Guy Kind Position
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I don't go for the flash and panache.

Flash Go
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I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.

Beatle Began Generation Kids
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I'd like to live on horseback and just be a cowboy.
Cowboy Horseback Just JustBe
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I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.

After Anyway Death Enough
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I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

Audition Got Group Knew
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I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

Cuz Did Had Just
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