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In the present state of our knowledge it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is however sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it and an essential property of matter?
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.
Quotes By John Boyd Orr
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As I have tried to show science in producing the airplane and the wireless...
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In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2 000 previous...
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Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers...
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Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring...
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Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall...
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If the views I have expressed be right we can think of our civilization...
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Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to...
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It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It...
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Measured in time of transport and communication the whole round globe is now...
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When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough...
Quotes About Religion
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Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of...
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Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of...
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Religion is the idol of the mob it adores everything it does not understand.
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When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink and...
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I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of...
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The advent of a new religion making serious and impressive claims to embody...
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I've been a little bit obsessed with religion without being a religious...
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I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal...
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They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the...