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If my death contributes to the ceasing of the parties and to the consolidation of the union,
I shall go down in peace to my tomb.


Simón Bolívar

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A. N. WILSON Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?
EDWARD N. LORENZ Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy device...
NEWTON N. MINOW Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when ...
FRANK N. IKARD So many thinkers, so few doers.
NABIL N. JAMAL A key that opens many locks is worth buying.
A lock that can be opened with many keys isn't.
NABIL N. JAMAL Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.
JOHN N. MITCHELL In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which...
A. N. WILSON The greatest failure is a person who never admits that he can be a failure.
GERALD. N. WEISKOTT