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Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead
- If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
- In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
- Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
- It is the business of the future to be dangerous and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
- It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.
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