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Russell, Lord John
1792–1878
1792–1878
1
It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.
reply to an Address from a meeting of 150,000 persons at Birmingham on the defeat of the second Reform Bill, October 1831
If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.
It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.
reply to an Address from a meeting of 150,000 persons at Birmingham on the defeat of the second Reform Bill, October 1831
S. Walpole
Life of Lord John Russell
(1889) vol. 1, ch. 7
If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.
speech at Greenock, 19 September 1853
Russell, William Howard
1820–1907
1820–1907
1
They dashed on towards that thin red line tipped with steel.
of the Russians charging the British at the battle of Balaclava, 1854
They dashed on towards that thin red line tipped with steel.
of the Russians charging the British at the battle of Balaclava, 1854
The British Expedition to the Crimea
(1877); Russell's original dispatch read, "That thin red streak topped with a line of steel"
Rutherford, Ernest
1871–1937
1871–1937
1
All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
We haven't got the money, so we've got to think!
All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
J. B. Birks
Rutherford at Manchester
(1962)
We haven't got the money, so we've got to think!
in
Bulletin of the Institute of Physics
(1962) vol. 13 (as recalled by R. V. Jones)
Ryle, Gilbert
1900–76
1900–76
1
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.
The dogma of the Ghost in the Machine.
on the mental-conduct concepts of Descartes
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.
The Concept of Mind
(1949) introduction
The dogma of the Ghost in the Machine.
on the mental-conduct concepts of Descartes
The Concept of Mind
(1949) ch. 1
S
Sackville-West, Vita
1892–1962
1892–1962
1
The greater cats with golden eyes
Stare out between the bars.
The greater cats with golden eyes
Stare out between the bars.
The King's Daughter
(1929) pt. 2, no. 1
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