The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.

William Osler

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Sex Greed Nature of men

Author

William Osler

Source

Science and Immortality

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Physicist Scientist

From

Canada

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Citation

Osler, William. Science and Immortality. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1904, ch. 2.

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason

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Learning from the past History The past

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George Santayana
Source
The Life of Reason
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
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Citation

Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 12. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905

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By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth.

Song of Solomon 3:1

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Desire Sex Love
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Song of Solomon The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 3:1).