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Page 185
... forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is jungle and jungle is river , for river and jungle are one . ... succeed in creating life in their laboratories and then it may be that we shall know more of these matters .
... forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is jungle and jungle is river , for river and jungle are one . ... succeed in creating life in their laboratories and then it may be that we shall know more of these matters .
Page 200
Schrödinger himself has stated that a final and comprehensive judgment on the matter is at present impossible . The plain man is justified in sitting on the fence , but perhaps he is prudent to keep his legs dangling on the side of ...
Schrödinger himself has stated that a final and comprehensive judgment on the matter is at present impossible . The plain man is justified in sitting on the fence , but perhaps he is prudent to keep his legs dangling on the side of ...
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Death is inevitable and it does not much matter how one meets it . I do not think one can be blamed if one- hopes that one will not be aware of its imminence and be fortunate enough to undergo it without pain .
Death is inevitable and it does not much matter how one meets it . I do not think one can be blamed if one- hopes that one will not be aware of its imminence and be fortunate enough to undergo it without pain .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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