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1837 - 1888
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Richard A. Proctor (1837 - 1888), is quoted 4 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Astronomy, Atheism, Waste and Illustration.

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Richard A. Proctor

Astronomy ... is of all others the science which seems to present to us the most striking instance of waste in nature.

Richard A. Proctor

The whole system has been long since swept away, and its records merely remain as illustrations of perverted ingenuity.

Richard A. Proctor

As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone.

Richard A. Proctor

From youth to middle, and often to past middle, age, most men are apt to be too closely engaged in the struggle of life to pay due attention to the strength of the body. They may take daily what they consider a sufficient amount of exercise; but the exercise is not calculated to keep the various limbs and muscles, still less the internal organs, in proper working order. Amid the ordinary concerns of life the man may appear strong, even stalwart. But when occasion arises for some special muscular exercise, or taxing the action of some organ, he finds out his weakness.

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