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Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.


Edward Thorndike

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EDWARD DAHLBERG To write is a humiliation.
EDWARD DAHLBERG What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of acciden...
EDWARD DAHLBERG Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.
EDWARD DAHLBERG The work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty... but in no time you'd ...
EDWARD BLISHEN By night an atheist half believes in God.
EDWARD YOUNG You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
EDWARD KOCH