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Photos · Marcelle St-Amant

  • From F.W. to S.B.A.

    Government [ is ] housekeeping on the broadest scale.

    Francis Willard in a letter
    to Susan B. Anthony · 1898

  • Beginnings

    Odd that we call the end of a rope or chain, the end; while in Greek it is the beginning.

    Geoffrey Madan · circa 1930

  • Five theories of the universe

    Three great scientific theories of the structure of the universe are the molecular, the corpuscular and the atomic. A fourth affirms, with Haeckel, the condensation of precipitation of matter from ether — whose existence is proved by the condensation of precipitation. The present trend of scientific thought is toward the theory of ions. The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion. A fifth theory is held by idiots, but it is doubtful if they know any more about the matter than the others.

    Ambrose Bierce · 1911

  • Can it be?

    Can the universe be more than we can imagine?

    Edla Puff · 2015