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  1. You are amazed that matter can form a man when matter is all mixed up at random and so many things go into making a person. But do you not …
  2. When I opened a box, I found inside something made of metal, somewhat like our clocks, full of an endless number of little springs and tiny…
  3. You will say, 'How can chance assemble in one place all the things necessary to produce an oak tree?' My answer is that it would be no mira…
  4. We have observed for thirty centuries that a large nose is a sign on the door of our face that says 'Herein dwells a man who is intelligent…
  5. I will prove that there are infinite worlds in an infinite world. Imagine the universe as a great animal, and the stars as worlds like othe…
  6. I spoke to my young host: 'If you would, tell me the meaning of the bronze figure in the shape of shameful parts hanging from the man's bel…
  7. I signaled to my host to try to have the philosophers expound on some aspect of their knowledge. As a good friend he immediately rose to th…
  8. All that has sensation and growth - all matter, in short - will pass through man. When that has happened, the great Day of Judgment will co…

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