"Thinking" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... long weeks of debility make me very shy of the influenza demon. Here we are practically isolated...I once asked Gordon why he didn't have the African fever. 'Well,' he said, you see, fellows think they shall have it, and they do. I didn't think so, and didn't get it.' Exercise your thinking faculty to that extent.") The second part of the article was ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 • Leonard Huxley
... of islands is very extensive, as well in a north and south direction as east and west. Having now got to the westward of the Admiralty Islands, I considered myself clear of St. George's Channel; and I agree perfectly with Captain Carteret, in thinking it a very safe, and (to ships bound northward, which want water,) a very convenient navigation; his chart was of much use to us in coming through, although, had time permitted, considerable additions, and some improvements, might have been made ...
— An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island • John Hunter
... The tidings spread with electric speed through the streets. Night came, and large portions of the city blazed with illuminations, exultant bands surged through the streets, songs resounded, and the city presented an aspect of universal rejoicing. Still, with thinking men, there was great anxiety. Where would all this lead to? Would the triumphant populace be satisfied merely with a change of ministry? Might it not demand the overthrow of a dynasty? If so, what government would succeed? There were Legitimists, ...
— Louis Philippe - Makers of History Series • John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
... I really do, and one of the strongest reasons for my thinking so is because of that confession. If he had protested he had not been drinking, as most men in his circumstances would have done, then I should have opposed your engaging him, but he was so straightforward that he has certainly enlisted my sympathy in his ...
— From Wealth to Poverty • Austin Potter
... without the dollar," replied Dick. "I was thinking about the end of the war and after. What are all the ...
— The Tree of Appomattox • Joseph A. Altsheler
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