I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

Thomas Love Peacock

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Topic

Scientific progress Science

Speaker

The Rev. Dr. Opimian

Author

Thomas Love Peacock

Source

Gryll Grange

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Peacock, Thomas Love. "Gryll Grange." Fraser's Magazine, 1860.

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Moreover, in a system of two bodies mutually acting upon each other, since the differences between their centres and the common centre of gravity of both are reciprocally as the bodies, the relative motions of those bodies, whether of approaching to or of receding from that centre, will be equal junong themselves. Therefore since the changes which happen to motions are equal and directed to contrary parts.

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Time
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Era
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Current Citation

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In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.

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Great Expectations

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Charles Dickens
Source
Great Expectations
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Novel
Genre
Coming of age story
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 29 Dec. 1860, issue 5, ch. 8.

Current Citation

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Another quote of the following type Paradox

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Going for it Taking risks

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
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Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

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