John Ray
John Ray
John Raywas an English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray. From then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
Date of Birth29 November 1627
brother wit younger-brother
The younger brother hath the more wit.
hands fortune frugality
Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left.
creation
The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation.
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Where love fails we espy all faults.
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What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
sweet animal men
There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is the spectacle of a table served that way and what a difference to a make up of fuming animal meat, slaughtered and dead! Man in no way has the constitution of a carnivorous being. Hunt and voracity are unnatural to him. Man has neither the sharp pointed teeth or claws to slaughter his prey. On the contrary his hands are made to pick fruits, berries and vegetables and teeth appropriate to chew them.
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He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.
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Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
happiness joy christmas-love
A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
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This is our opportunity to get back to the community and the island, and hopefully to encourage those young doctors to come back to Guam, ... We are getting older and are going to be tired one of these days. We've got to look for our replacements and prepare for the future.
burns dad running trying
The dad was running and trying to get the baby, so he had burns on his hands.
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I'm surprised by the level of homophobia ? bias against gays and lesbians ? there is on campus.