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genius william h. prescott

James Prescott Joule

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

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genius william h. prescott

James Prescott Joule

Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the parade of barbaric pomp and splendour. It is the form in which the revenues of a semi-civilized people are most likely to be lavished. The most gaudy and ostentatious specimens of it, and sometimes the most stupendous, have been reared by such hands. It is one of the first steps in the great march of civilization.

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James Prescott Joule

The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a Shakspeare will be renewed with greater and greater lustre in ages yet unborn, when the victorious chieftain shall be forgotten, or shall live only in the song of the minstrel and the page of the chronicler.

genius william h. prescott

James Prescott Joule

Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the routine is rigorously proscribed by law, the law, and not the man, must have the credit of the conduct.

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James Prescott Joule

The history of literature is the history of the human mind.

genius william h. prescott

James Prescott Joule

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

genius william h. prescott

James Prescott Joule

No man is quite so much a hero in the dark as in broad daylight, in solitude as in society, in the gloom of the churchyard as in the blaze of the drawing-room. The season and the place may be such as to oppress the stoutest heart with a mysterious awe, which, if not fear, is near akin to it.

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James Prescott Joule

The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to be wound up again in order to renew the motion of the paddle.

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James Prescott Joule

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

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James Prescott Joule

Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of force, is necessarily erroneous.

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James Prescott Joule

It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.

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James Prescott Joule

Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.