curious

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b660d1e	Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)--Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already burst well upon the world--a sun, mounting, most illuminating, most glorious--surely never again to set. But against it, deeply entrench'd, holding possession, yet remains, (not only through the churches and schools, but by imaginative literature, and unregenerate poetry,) the fossil theology of the mythic-materialistic, superstitious, untaught and credulous, fable-loving, primitive ages of humanity.	literature poetry science instructive credulous fossil mythic spectacle testing untaught primitive superstitious schools fable prose science-vs-religion glorious theology conflict curious democracy	Walt Whitman
92aed4f	If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.	satisfaction wisdom curious curiosity	Holly Black
f033ccd	Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.	humor incident silver sherlock-holmes mystery curious dog	Arthur Conan Doyle
962e5b2	The Father made men curious, some say to test our faith. It is my own abiding sin that whenever I come upon a door I must needs see what lies upon the farther side, but certain doors are best left unopened.	faith doors unopened fire-and-blood curious knowledge unknown sin	George R.R. Martin
e687b7c	The best ideas rarely arise in one isolated mind, but rather develop in networks of curious and creative thinkers.	mind creative isolated network thinkers ideas curious	Esther Perel
f7256b7	Like the pleasure of friendship, the pleasure in beauty is curious: it aims to understand its object, and to value what it finds.	friendship love disinterest value curious pleasure	Roger Scruton
d8d5555	Inspector Milne's suspicious prying appeared to have awakened her inner Bolshevik, and so I discovered my own lady mother is not above quietly circumventing the law.	bolshevik delightful innovative elizabeth-wein the-pearl-thief surprising mother curious	Elizabeth Wein
31d0489	The multitude of the curious and the offended descends upon him.	curious	Yann Martel

b660d1e

Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)--Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already burst well upon the world--a sun, mounting, most illuminating, most glorious--surely never again to set. But against it, deeply entrench'd, holding possession, yet remains, (not only through the churches and schools, but by imaginative literature, and unregenerate poetry,) the fossil theology of the mythic-materialistic, superstitious, untaught and credulous, fable-loving, primitive ages of humanity.

literature poetry science instructive credulous fossil mythic spectacle testing untaught primitive superstitious schools fable prose science-vs-religion glorious theology conflict curious democracy

Walt Whitman

92aed4f

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

satisfaction wisdom curious curiosity

Holly Black

f033ccd

Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.

humor incident silver sherlock-holmes mystery curious dog

Arthur Conan Doyle

962e5b2

The Father made men curious, some say to test our faith. It is my own abiding sin that whenever I come upon a door I must needs see what lies upon the farther side, but certain doors are best left unopened.

faith doors unopened fire-and-blood curious knowledge unknown sin

George R.R. Martin

e687b7c

The best ideas rarely arise in one isolated mind, but rather develop in networks of curious and creative thinkers.

mind creative isolated network thinkers ideas curious

Esther Perel

f7256b7

Like the pleasure of friendship, the pleasure in beauty is curious: it aims to understand its object, and to value what it finds.

friendship love disinterest value curious pleasure

Roger Scruton

d8d5555

Inspector Milne's suspicious prying appeared to have awakened her inner Bolshevik, and so I discovered my own lady mother is not above quietly circumventing the law.

bolshevik delightful innovative elizabeth-wein the-pearl-thief surprising mother curious

Elizabeth Wein

31d0489

The multitude of the curious and the offended descends upon him.

curious

Yann Martel