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Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Louis Pasteur

Knowledge Science Humanity World Country Torch No Country Knows Because Which Illuminates Belongs

All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people. Adolf Hitler

Great People Emotions Word Goddess Torch Distress Cast Ruthless Volcanic Spoken Spoken Word Passions Stirred Human Movements Midst Popular Activity

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation. Billy Graham

Generation Torch Willing Only New Accept New Generation Hands Successor Need

There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or flashlight. A thing as simple as naming it allows us to root it out of the darkness and hushed conversation where it likes to breed like roaches. It makes us acknowledge it. Confront it. Jesmyn Ward

Conversation Racism Darkness Simple Light Power Torch Out Like Naming Likes Makes Shining Than Any Where Acknowledge Confront Us Root Breed Bright Brighter Thing

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur

Knowledge Science Humanity Intelligence World Will Thought First Country Nation Furthest Torch Carries No Country Remain Highest Knows Because Which Personification Works Illuminates Belongs

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy. Robert Green Ingersoll

Great Man Darkness Torch Great Man Beacon Prophecy Inspiration Superstition Night

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. John F. Kennedy

War Time Peace Generation Word Alike Bitter Torch Foe Has-Been Tempered Born New Disciplined New Generation Passed Go Been Friend American Place Century Forth Hard

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism Rubbish Torch Name Ready His Ambitious Any Illuminate

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it. Claude Adrien Helvetius

Truth Truth Is Fog Torch Through Gleam Without

As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy. Martha Beck

Culture Light Problems Sinking Down Defense Our Pleasurable Ancient Torch Neither About More Only Obsess Feel Lighting Between Like Tales Self-Pity Nor Tragedy Quicksand Than Personal Heat Just Creating Toes Whole Here

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