He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no.
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Learning, that cobweb of the brain, Profane, erroneous, and vain.Samuel Butler
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
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As if religion was intended for nothing else but to be mended.
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Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
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