I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.
It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.
This land may be profitable to those that will adventure it.
I was everything, patriarch, priest, father and judge.
There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.
I grew up sailing in the North Sea.
Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling.
I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science.
But writers and their woes: they couldn't be parted. Not for anything.
I do not often get lonely, and I never get bored.
Each man in his way is a treasure.
I love my parents. But they have their life, and I have mine.
The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.
Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations.
Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts.
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.
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