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" Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge. "

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" Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have. "

" Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. "

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" Our true nationality is mankind. "

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" The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. "