“By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.”
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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
