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Scientists have long sought a sample directly from a known comet because of the unique chemical and physical information these bodies contain about the earliest history of the solar system.


Edward Weiler

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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 Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine h...
EDWARD DAHLBERG Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
EDWARD YOUNG If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think po...
EDWARD RICKENBACKER Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders...
EDWARD HOAGLAND You know...that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum -- a canvas -- a ...
EDWARD STEICHEN