James Allen
James Allen
Pioneer of magnetospheric research in space whose discovery of the radiation belts encircling the earth helped to further the science of astronomy. He was one of Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1960.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 September 1914
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Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As a fire consumes a magnificent building, reducing it to a heap of unsightly ashes, so are men consumed by the flames of passions, and their deeds and works fall and perish.
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Some of the teams have been pretty tough.
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It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of theological or metaphysical hypotheses, and that Spiritual Principles can be apprehended by this method.
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If at the end of the week's work, and on receiving his wages, he were to ask his employer for a larger sum, pleading that, though he could not justly claim it and did not really deserve it, yet he expected it, he would not only receive the larger sum but would, doubtless, be discharged from his post. Yet in spiritual things men do not think it to be either foolish or selfish to ask for these blessings
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If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart, and upon the world around,...Looking upon the lives of men and women, he will perceive how the hasty word, the bitter retort, the act of deception, the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring wretchedness and even ruin in their train.
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He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice much
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We don't have any choice but to pay it back, but it shouldn't have been borrowed to begin with.
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What they knew about the body is quite striking, though they did not always understand it.
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We want to see what's out there and is it worthwhile to take anything to the next level of funding.
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All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts
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Where there are difficulties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions to overcome, there virtue most flourishes and manifests its glory.
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We have no reason to believe there is any other usage among fire personnel,
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We hope people will walk away with the idea that this was a very frequent act of violence, ... We won't be able to deny it any longer.
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We are reaffirming what is our policy. This is a standard package of incentives.